Global Pharmaceuticals Industry 2012

Global pharmaceuticals revenue growth slipped in 2012 recording 2% annual growth. China, US and Japan remain the main payers in the industry. China will continue to strengthen its positions in the future.

Understanding Balance of Payments in Countries Worldwide

The balance of payments (BOP) refers to a county's international transactions and judges how a country interacts with the rest of the world. Daniel Tarling-Hunter, Economist at Euromonitor, explains how the BOP is divided into current, capital and financial accounts, analyzing several countries through their balance of payments.

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Register for a Free Webinar: Consumer Health as a Prevention and Solution to the Chronic Disease Epidemic

Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer, among others, have become important public health threats. National healthcare organisations are scrambling to design and implement chronic disease management programmes expected to affect millions of people in the next 30 years. High treatment costs of minor chronic and recurrent health conditions are forcing national systems to funnel preventative and treatment services to the self-care setting. Consumers are taking a proactive approach to their health, while pharmacists and retail walk-in clinics are emerging as a solution to fill in the healthcare gap for the population. The widening consumer base of middle-aged adults at the global level will help generate sales as they become more health literate about consumer health options used for the prevention of chronic diseases in old age.

  

HBA Global Expo

Date: June 18-20, 2013
Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC
Presentation Date and Location: Wednesday, June 19, 2013; 4-5 p.m.
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Virginia Lee, Senior Research Analyst at Euromonitor International, will discuss beauty and personal care sales in Asia. Driven by economic growth and a natural tendency to embrace skin care, Asia's beauty sales are blossoming. This session will discuss key demographics, consumer trends driving Asia's beauty market, sourcing suppliers and manufacturers' strategies to create consumer loyalty.

HBA Global Expo provides top personal care and beauty manufacturers with the entire spectrum of new ingredients, solutions, supplier resources as well as world-class education to help bring new products and innovate concepts to market.

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Beverage SMEs Are a Growing Market for Innovative Ingredients

Analyst Insight by Cathy Boyle, Contributing Analyst, Euromonitor International

Despite the overall importance of multinational operators in beverage supply, the industry has recently seen a surge in the numbers of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are making a name for themselves, often through innovation and diversification. For ingredients suppliers looking to generate value, these SMEs are likely to become an increasingly important customer base as they are often pioneers in the use of new, premium and innovative ingredients.

This ever-increasing body of SMEs is cashing in on consumers’ growing interest in more natural, healthy, traditional, authentic and experimental beverages, usually at the premium end of the market. They are particularly prominent in the developed regions of North America and Western Europe and are impacting on both the soft drinks and alcoholic drinks industries. As well as interest in healthy and functional ingredients, they also tend to be highly innovative in their choices of flavouring and sweetening ingredients, as discussed in the Global Report Beverage Ingredients: Regional Insights.

Go Big or Go Home: How Menards is Bucking the Trend of Store Downsizing in the US

Analyst Insight by Jared Koerten, Senior Research Analyst, Euromonitor International

In April 2013, Home Improvement retailer Menards Inc plans to open new stores in St. Peters, Missouri and O’Fallon, Illinois – both of which are in the St. Louis area. The unique feature of these new stores is their incredible size, with each outlet expected to surpass more than 18,500 square metres of shopping space.  For reference, the average outlet size of leading Home Improvement retailers Home Depot and Lowe's were only 10,500 and 9,800 square metres, respectively, in 2012. In fact, even Walmart Supercenter – the hypermarket viewed as the epitome of a large-format retailer – averaged an outlet size of only 17,000 square metres in 2012.

These are not the first mega-stores that Menards Inc has opened. In 2011, the company reopened a store in Eden Prairie, Minnesota that measured over 21,800 square metres and stocked a range of grocery, healthcare, jewellery, toys, and apparel products. The company followed in 2012 by introducing a mammoth store in Golden Valley, Minnesota that topped 23,200 square metres.

Indian Consumer Spending in the Face of Growing Inflation

Consumers in India are pulling back on spending, especially in the categories of food and drink, leisure and apparel. Changing consumer attitudes are responsible for this pullback - consumers are weighing options and comparing features and prices before they buy. The economy in India has an enormous consumer base with increasing disposable income and the overall impact of the slowdown is not expected to be large. The entry of multinational retailers such as Ikea, H&M and Prada demonstrates companies are still interested in the Indian market despite inflation concerns.

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Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa to Continue to Enjoy Robust Growth

Analyst Insight by Paz Casal, Contributing Analyst, Euromonitor International

The tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa experienced strong growth in 2012 despite the difficult global context, registering a 4.7% increase in arrivals, higher than the global average of 4.3% and second only to Asia Pacific with 5.1%. This has been fuelled by strong economic growth and rising disposable incomes, with business and leisure visits to domestic and regional destinations growing in number, alongside an increase in the number of arrivals from BRIC countries.

By 2017, the number of tourists travelling to sub-Saharan Africa is set to reach 42.6 million, with there being further potential for this figure to continue rising. However, significant investment in infrastructure and tourism training is required for inbound visitor numbers to show dramatic growth.

Forecast Revisit for the Global Travel and Tourism Industry

World tourism flows achieved another positive performance in 2012, growing by 4% and surpassing one billion tourist arrivals during the year. Emerging markets once again generated the most growth, however, tourist arrivals performed well also in advanced economies.

The tourism industry is forecast to maintain its vitality in the next five years and beyond, benefiting from a growing desire to explore the world among consumers across the globe as well as from the rise of middle and affluent classes in the emerging economies.

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Las cinco principales tendencias en bebidas alcohólicas en 15 países de Norte y Sudamérica

Crea una exitosa estrategia de marketing en América utilizando estas tendencias del mercado de bebidas alcohólicas

Identifica las tendencias clave del mercado en la industria de bebidas alcohólicas en 15 países de Norte y Sudamérica.

Este e-book destaca las principales tendencias en cada país, puntualizando diferencias cruciales para el desarrollo de productos y campañas de mercadeo.

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Descubrimientos clave:

• En 2013, todos los países de Latinoamérica verán crecimiento proyectado en el consumo de cerveza per cápita, impulsado principalmente por la categoría lager estándar nacional que alcanza a más consumidores de ingreso medio.
• Los volúmenes de cerveza en Norteamérica continúan a la baja a medida que los consumidores priorizan calidad sobre cantidad a través de cervezas artesanales y premium. 
• El consumo per cápita de vino aumentará 10% en ambas regiones en el período 2012-2017.  

Las tendencias en bebidas alcohólicas fueron identificadas para los siguientes países:

Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, Guatemala, México, Perú, República Dominicana, Uruguay y Venezuela.

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