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Participation in leisure activities has grown in importance since the industrial revolution in Great Britain, which had a significant impact on culture, not to mention social and economic conditions. Since then, working conditions have improved dramatically within the UK, while working hours have reduced, thus allowing people to set aside more time for leisure activities.   This report will discuss leisure activities as defined and categorised by National Statistics' Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) system. Using this system, the market has been divided into six main categories, including audio-visual, photographic and information-processing equipment; other major durables for recreation and culture; other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets; recreational and cultural services; newspapers books and stationery; and restaurants, cafés, etc.   According to Key Note estimates, as based on figures from National Statistics, consumer expenditure on leisure activities stood at £172.35bn in 2011 (in terms of current prices), up by 3% from the previous year. Although the recession had some effect on leisure expenditure in 2009, when it fell by 4.2%, it has since continued to grow, with the recreational and cultural services and restaurants, cafés, etc. sectors observing the strongest growth in both 2010 and 2011. This is likely to continue in 2012, when London plays host to the Olympic Games, thus providing a significant boost to travel and tourism within the capital city. Furthermore, the large investment that has been allocated towards the Statford area of London in preparation for the Olympics should have a legacy effect on tourism within the locality.   Another area of the industry that is likely to do well if the economic recovery should continue is the audio-visual, photographic and information-processing equipment sector. The popularity of entertainment technology has increased substantially over the past decade, boost

The South america industry for biomaterials is calculated to arrive at $1.7 million in 2015 from $550.2 thousand in 2008 with a CAGR of 19.5% from 2010 to 2015. In 2009, the heated biomaterial industry recorded revenues of $236.5 thousand or 37.5% of the complete biomaterial items industry.

In 2009, the franchise industry in China developed rapidly, the number of franchise systems broke 4000, nearly 15% over 2008, the total number of franchised stores exceeded 330,000, and each franchise system had 83 franchised stores on average.

This set of slides provides direct answers to important questions about consumer behavior towards financial services.

The Brazil market for biomaterials is expected to reach $1.7 billion in 2015 from $550.2 million in 2008 with a CAGR of 19.5% from 2010 to 2015. In 2009, the orthopedic biomaterial market recorded revenues of $236.5 million or 37.5% of the total biomaterial products market.

There are two sides of the "smart highways." There are those who think the term is an oxymoron, and those who believe that technological improvements in the design of intelligent road toll systems, infrastructure and vehicles with low emissions is the only way to improve urban pollution and congestion.

The Brazilian market for biomaterials is expected to reach $ 1.7 billion in 2015 from 550.2 million in 2008 with a CAGR of 19.5% from 2010 to 2015. In 2009 recorded sales of orthopedic biomaterial market of $ 236.5 million or 37.5% of the total biomaterial products on the market.

Growth in international trade provides huge impetus to the growth in container rail market. Indian Railways earns the lions share from rail freight revenue owing to its dynamic tariff policy. With the privatization of the container rail service, rail freight gains popularity providing further scope for capturing higher market share. The report begins with an introduction section, listing down the basic statistics of Indian Railways as of Feb, 2012, followed by the value chain of the rail freight market. Market overview section provides a brief snapshot of the Rail Transport Market. This section includes the market size of the rail freight market in India in terms of freight revenue earning by value and freight revenue earning by volume over the period (Apr - Dec) 2009-10 and (Apr - Dec) 2011-12, demonstrating the corresponding share of freight commodities in the year (Apr - Dec) 2011-12. The section then lists the tonnage and earnings share of the top 30 freight commodities in 2010-11. Some efficiency indices of the rail freight operation are also given in this section. The next section deals with the revenue generation of Indian Railways from rail freight earning. A snapshot is mapped followed by the illustration of the revenue earning by value and by volume in the 16 zonal railways in the last three years. The section then proceeds with the freight loading of the 9 major commodities in 2011-12, added with their future prospects. The projected freight loading by Indian Railways by 2020 is also shown here. Freight services initiatives section highlights the initiatives for freight services and initiatives for the dedicated freight corridor. Freight marketing schemes section describes the existing schemes undertaken by the Indian Railways for improving its freight marketing. Vision 2020 section points the plans by Indian Railways for 2020 followed by its short term & long term targets. Technology, development of human capital and a culture of innovation along w

The electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) market exploded in 2010 and 2011, a necessary increase as auto manufacturers finally started mass producing over a half dozen different plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) models worldwide. The number of charging stations around the world increased by more than 230% in both years, with over 116,000 new charge points sold worldwide in 2011. Given the fast rate of adoption of both PEV and EVSE, the EVSE market will be a mainstream market by decade's end.  The U.S. and Japan lead for public charge points by volume, with both countries enjoying strong sales for both residential and commercial EVSE. However, The U.S. lags both Japan and China in terms of EVSE market value because of a weak fast DC charger segment. China and Japan are the top countries for the fast DC segment with over 970 and 800 installed, respectively, as of the end of 2011. China is the next largest EVSE market, but lacks residential sales as most EVSE sold in China to date have been charging points and battery swapping charging systems for charging stations used by fleets and taxis. Europe is also a strong EVSE market, accounting for 21% of global EVSE sales by market value in 2011. Even though France and Germany lead PEV sales, it is Germany and the UK that have the largest public charging infrastructure networks.  PEV prices are still limiting electric vehicle adoption and, by extension, the EVSE market. The PEV market will continue to be the main driver behind global EVSE sales, followed by government incentives for both PEV and EVSE. Assuming governments maintain their financial support over the next decade and PEV prices continue to decline, there will be a cumulative 3.3 million charging points worldwide in 2016 and 16.9 million in 2021. EVSE sales will reach $3.4 billion by 2021, selling over 4.1 million charging points. The U.S. and Japan will continue to lead the EVSE market. Despite the higher cost of the equipment, SBI Energy sees the fast DC

Bishop and Associates Inc. has just released a new seven chapter, 200 page research report providing a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the World Industrial Market for Connectors. Connector sales for the years 2009 through 2011 are provided by end use equipment market segments, by product type and by region of the world. A five-year forecast is provided for 2016. The industrial market for connectors typically represents about 11 to 12 percent of the total global connector market, which makes it the fourth largest end-use equipment connector market behind automotive, computer and peripherals, and telecom/data communication. The share of the industrial market for connectors has remained remarkably stable over the years. Distribution sales to the industrial end-use market are relatively strong in North America and Europe but much weaker in Asia Pacific, China and Japan. On average, the overall POP (Point of Purchase) sales to the distribution channels were about 25 percent of total sales in 2011. The industrial end-use equipment market is so diverse that it offers plenty of opportunities for niche players and specialized connector manufacturers. Still, the top-10 connector manufacturers in this market have a combined share of more than 60 percent (2010 sales data). The diversity of the Industrial Market for Connectors makes it stand out from most other connector end-use equipment markets and the report illustrates this unique characteristic by dedicating separate chapters on the five market segments ranging from Industrial Controls to Heavy Equipment.

This growth is assigned to increasing programs in cancer malignancy diagnostics and concept profiling, the period in individualized remedies, and government financing.

From January to August 2011 China produced and sold 11,855,000 11,984,000 cars, up 3.04% and 3.33% respectively year on year. Specifically speaking, China produced 9.21 million and sold 9,218,000 vehicles, an increase of 6.39% and 6.05% year on year respectively, China produced 2.645 million and 2.765 million vehicles sold, down 7.16% and 4% over 81 years a year respectively.

With the accelerated improvement in domestic consumption level, China’s banking industry quickens its steps in expansion and innovation by intensifying the placement of self-service monetary equipment such as ATM, in an attempt to boost the development of networked ATM market.

This analysts forecast that the global NFC Payments market will grow at a CAGR of 68 percent over the period of 2010-2014. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the growing number of commercially available NFC enabled handsets. The worldwide NFC Payments market has also been witnessing increasing number of pilot trials in the area of NFC enabled Payments. However, the need for additional infrastructure by various stakeholders in the NFC Payments ecosystem could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

This market analysis gives an overview of the actual situation, trends and future outlook of the market for footwear in Eritrea. The market analysis provides essential market information for decision-makers including: * Overall market value for footwear in Eritrea, 2004-2010 * Overall market volume for footwear in Eritrea, 2004-2010 * Market value and volume for footwear by type (leather, plastic and rubber, textile, other footwear, footwear parts) * Forecasts and future outlook of the market till 2016 * Country overview, macroeconomic indicators and indicators of doing business

This slide deck provides direct answers to important questions about the behavior of consumers towards financial products.

This slide set provides direct answers to important questions about consumer behavior towards financial services products. This series of reports provides country-specific data in the Global Fund to ensure that the reader knows that consumers want in their area of ​​financial services.

In the UK market through the sale of vending machines is estimated to have fallen Key Note: The value 1.1% in 2010 to £ 1.92bn, while the amount of the UK soft drinks from vending machines have been around 449 000 in 2010, 2.9% from 2009 figures

Increasing demand for mobility has been pushing the growth of mobile routers. With advanced security features mobile routers today even offer connectivity to multiple interfaces. Organizations are able to securely allow employees to access networks remotely. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.0 percent until 2013.

Organic Food Market in India 2010 The organic farming is an old concept in India in terms of the extensive farming carried out in the country. The organic food market is worth USD 129.3 mn and shows huge potential for growth in future.