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Polishes remained a small category in Tunisia in 2013. The category is widely impacted by cultural cleaning habits, resulting in lower consumer demand for these products. Retail prices are also a hindrance to the performance of polishes in Tunisia, as consumers prefer to use cheaper alternatives, such as bleach and hand wash detergents, to clean cars and furniture. Compared with the review period, price increases in 2013 enabled an overall value increase similar to the CAGR posted over the review period.

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New Cars in Europe industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Europe new cars market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

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In 2012 and 2013, leaving Argentina and seeking a more-stable overall economic environment, several international premium brands opened stores in Uruguay. Louis Vuitton, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo and Tiffany & Co either opened stores or refurbished existing ones in Punta del Este, to continue targeting a select group of Argentinean consumers who live or spend their vacations in these resorts, as well as affluent Uruguayan consumers. Other international brands such as Fila, Gap and Lacoste also opened new stores in the country.

The main reason behind the stagnating sales in electronics and appliance specialist retailers is the growth of internet retailing in Switzerland. Whilst store-based sales are still predominant in consumer appliances, a strong shift towards internet retailing affected consumer electronics. Consumers read up online before they choose the brand and type of new equipment, and then also search for the cheapest price online.

Not even soft drinks which were previously considered essential to the basic daily routines of Portuguese families such as bottled water were spared from the negative economic scenario which Portugal has been facing for several years now. Despite numerous Portuguese consumers regularly complaining about the flavour and quality of the public water supply, the truth is that the public supply of water has been preferred over bottled water in recent years as the majority of Portuguese consumers have taken steps to reduce their expenditure. This presaged a general decline in both on-trade and off-trade sales of bottled water over the course of 2013.

The limited purchasing power of Spanish consumers due to the recession, alongside high unemployment, continued to impact consumer behaviour within the other hot drinks category. Consumers tried to be cautious with their budgets and sought to reduce unnecessary spending, particularly in terms of leisure and away-from-home activities, including foodservice visits to bars and restaurants. This strongly impacted on-trade performance, with sales at breakfast time suffering in particular, as this is when most hot drinks are consumed in Spain. Nevertheless, this benefited grocery retailers, which saw a sales increase in 2013 due to the shift in consumption into consumers' homes.

The report titled 'Norway Offshore Drilling Industry Outlook to 2018 - Petroleum Investments in Norwegian Continental Shelf to Drive the Industry' provides a comprehensive analysis of the offshore drilling industry in Norway covering various aspects such as market size, market segmentation, market share, trends and future projections of the offshore drilling industry with key factors impacting the industry. The report also provides detailed explanation of the various macro and industry factors which will be driving the growth of Norway's offshore drilling industry.

The Peruvian economy was impacted heavily by the global financial crisis, with its GDP growth decelerating from 9.8% in 2008 to 0.9% in 2009. Its economy recovered immediately in 2010, however, recording a GDP growth of 8.8%, mainly due to strong macroeconomic indicators, a sound banking system and a prudent fiscal policy, which in turn improved employment levels and per capita income. Improvements in income levels offered a wider market to banks and financial companies, as they were able to serve a larger section of society, resulting in growth of the Peruvian cards and payments industry during the review period (2009-2013). The Peruvian card payments channel grew at a healthy pace during the review period, both in terms of volume and value. In terms of the number of cards in circulation, the channel increased from 19.4 million in 2009 to 24.7 million in 2013, at a review-period compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.33%. Over the forecast period, this channel is anticipated to register a CAGR of 8.24%, reaching 38.2 million cards by the end of 2018. In terms of transaction value, card payments increased from PEN84.1 billion (US$27.9 billion) in 2009 to PEN233.2 billion (US$86.3 billion) in 2013, at a review-period CAGR of 29.03%. This figure is forecast to increase further, from PEN282.5 billion (US$101.6 billion) in 2014 to PEN552.3 billion (US$202.1 billion) in 2018, at a forecast-period CAGR of 18.24%. Many factors have contributed to the growth of the Peruvian card payments channel over the review period, both in volume and value. Examples of this include the government's initiative to provide banking access through the financial inclusion plan, the growing popularity of payment cards, the availability of retail bank agents in every part of the country, and banks' aggressive promotional strategies.

Lower purchasing power and sluggish economic recovery had an impact on the performance of overall mixed retailers in 2013. Consumers became increasingly price-sensitive, resulting in more cuts in spending. This therefore changed the pricing strategies of mixed retailers, to help them carry on attracting consumers and increase their household penetration rate. Mixed retailers therefore chiefly moved to offering price decreases to maintain their shares in South Africa.

Incontinence products in Iran is a tissue and hygiene category which is rising from a very low base and per capita consumption remains extremely low. The category has only been available since 2007, when limited volumes of imported incontinence products entered Iran. Awareness of these products was initially extremely low, although once they became widely available, especially through chemists/pharmacists outlets, word of mouth acted as a very strong tool attracting the attention of many Iranian consumers and his generated demand. The strong performance of imported incontinence products has led the key domestic suppliers of tissue and hygiene products eager to invest in the category. During the second half of the review period, there were numerous new products launched in incontinence products in Iran and this completely altered the balance of the category. The launch of more products along with effective advertising campaigns in mass media channels such as national television networks fuelled the impressive performance of incontinence products in Iran during 2013.

Vending continued to fall in 2013 due to the growth in distribution through convenience stores. In addition to this, vending also faces indirect competition with sari-sari stores (local traditional mom and pop shops). Sari-sari stores are spread all over the country and provide consumers convenient access to products.

Owing to other key innovations in 2012 and 2013, manufacturers are intensifying their efforts to generate added value in a mature category. However, none of the major distribution channels, the grocery retailers (leader in volume but not in value) and chemists/pharmacies (51% of the value sales) posted interesting performances in 2013. The former channel bears the brunt of a strong price erosion and private label encroachment. In the latter, in spite of the added value of growingly sophisticated products for feet and blisters and liquid plasters, sales did not take off. In both channels, given consumers are increasingly on a budget, only the most basic products recorded appreciable volume performance in 2013 due to the growing price sensitivity of consumers.

Consumer health in Nigeria recorded higher growth in retail value sales in 2013 when compared to the CAGR of the previous five years. A growing population that is more aware of the need for preventative measures (such as the use of vitamins and dietary supplements to prevent illnesses) and also enjoys better income helped drive the category. Furthermore, the fact that medical treatment in Nigeria is quite expensive means Nigerians prefer self-medication or advice from pharmacists, rather than...

Belgians traditionally prefer bottled water over tap water, primarily because the tap water is very hard. This means that bottled water sales are high in Belgium, with the country having one of the highest per capita consumption levels of bottled water in Europe.

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In response to greater consumer awareness of high sugar levels and other negative aspects associated with sports and energy drinks, low calorie 'sugar free' variants of popular sports and energy drinks became more prominent in 2013. However, consumers are still concerned about caffeine and stimulant levels, preservatives, colourings and flavouring agents in this area.

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Global Containers & Packaging industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global containers & packaging market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

In 2013, food safety continues to be a major concern in the packaged food industry. At the beginning of the year, illegal chemically modified starch added to food products further impacted Taiwanese consumers' increasing concerns about food safety. Dessert mixes, which was found to contain illegal chemically modified starch in some leading products, is expected to experience slow growth compared to the category's performance in 2012. However, compared to the risk associated with dining out,...

Software in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Norway software market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Overall small cooking appliances achieved a good performance in 2013. Consumers' confidence impacted positively overall volume growth thanks to higher disposable incomes. Branded small cooking appliances also enjoyed growing consumer demand for their longer lasting and efficient properties, creating an opportunity for premiumisation to gain traction. As a result, small cooking appliances registered volume growth of 8% in 2013.

Despite the high level of maturity of most channels in the German retailing market, continuously positive albeit slightly slower economic development, and thus stronger demand for premium and specialist products, supported growth of overall retailing in 2013. Particularly strong growth in terms of value sales was seen in internet retailing, specific grocery channels and non-grocery channels such as drugstores. As such, 2013 emerged as a strong year for value growth in German retailing.