Biometrics for Defence Analysis 2008 Aug 2008Biometrics refers to automated identification methods using unique human identifiers such as fingerprints and iris and facial patterns. Biometrics, regarded as a sophisticated means for identity management, is useful not only for securing airports and borders but it has many current and potential uses for the worlds armed forces, such as identifying adversaries who hide among the civilian population,...more
Annual Forecasting Retail and the Economy 2014This report provides an authoritative analysis and five year forecast of key economic indicators, assessing their influence on demand and impact on the consumer economy. The report looks at GDP, interest rates, unemployment, disposable income, inflation, the housing market, consumer confidence and savings ratio, providing a comprehensive assessment of the economy and its impact on retail.The scope of...more
Annual Forecasting: Books, News & Stationery 2014UK Retail Futures 2014: Books, News & Stationery provides comprehensive insight into sector related issues such as market shares, space expansion and the changing patterns of consumer demand. It combines this with a host of economic, social and political factors to derive thorough sector forecasts over the next five years.Scope*Market expenditure, inflation and volume growth forecast to 2014 as well as data from the last ten years.*Comprehensive analysis covering inflation, volume, and sales growth for books, news and stationery sub categories.*Channels of distribution analysis 2009, 2010 and 2014 covering books, news and stationery specialists and non-specialists.*Comprehensive analysis of the key issues set to impact the books, news & stationery market over the next five years.HighlightsWhile the market improves year-on-year, this recovery is slow and it does not start to grow again until 2013. Between 2009 and 2014, the market contracts by -2.1%, largely due to the struggling news sector. This sector is challenging as free newspapers become more popular and shoppers use other sources such as the internet to read about the news.As...more
AES Ocean LNG Terminal- Analysis and Forecasts of Terminal wise Capacity and Associated Contracts, Construction and Trade InformationAES Ocean LNG Terminal- Analysis and Forecasts of Terminal wise Capacity and Associated Contracts, Construction and Trade Information is a comprehensive report on AES Ocean LNG terminal. Designed to meet all your LNG...more
Adria LNG Terminal- Analysis and Forecasts of Terminal wise Capacity and Associated Contracts, Construction and Trade InformationAdria LNG Terminal- Analysis and Forecasts of Terminal wise Capacity and Associated Contracts, Construction and Trade Information is a comprehensive report on Adria LNG terminal. Designed to meet all your LNG data needs,...more
The Pharmaceutical Wholesale and Distribution Industry Outlook & Analysis 2008 The major problem facing the Wholesale & Distribution industry is its low profit margin which is in the region of only 1-2%. However, this market is entering into a crucial period with many key products losing patent protection, facing heavy generic competition. As generics are priced lower than their branded counterparts, the actual dollar profit on them taken by W&D companies, for their movement, is reduced. In the light of this, other key factors such as new pricing and distribution models are also discussed in more detail. Other important issues that are affecting the industry and discussed in detail include:1. Drug Counterfeiting2. Direct-to-Pharmacy Distribution3. Parallel Trade4. Canada and US Drug Reimportation5. Internet drugs: Mail Order and On-line Pharmacies.The objectives of this report are to understand the W&D industry, why it occurs, who it affects, different natures of wholesale-distribution and what kinds of strategies are involved. Wholesale-Distribution has both pros and cons for different healthcare stakeholders. Wholesale-Distribution is a complex area, where there are many grey...more
The Oil Industry Is Here To Stay A Worldwide Assessment of Current Issues The oil and gas industry is both essential to the modern economy and a source of environmental pollution, and hence is inherently controversial. What are its prospects?...more
IT Systems Management: Exploiting the Infrastructure for Business Value Traditionally data centres have been managed in silo'ed teams dictated by the historic differences between the technologies such as network, storage, UNIX servers, Windows...more
International Retail in the UKThe UK is often seen by international retailers as a stepping stone to Continental Europe, and by other European retailers as a natural market extension, yet they often underestimate the challenges. They face a mature,...more
Changing Demographics 12-Jul-10 1910We gave a presentation on changing UK demographics at the Marketing Week Conference in June 2010. This is the slide pack from that presentation, which focuses on the changes in the population over the next five...more
2010 U.S. Construction Machinery Manufacturing Industry ReportThe U.S Construction Machinery Manufacturing Industry report, published annually by contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010...more
2010 U.S. CD, Record & Tape Recording Industry Report The U.S. CD, Record & Tape Recording report, published annually by contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast...more