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The Australian grocery sector is undergoing significant transformation. Not only is grocery retailing characterized by increased frugality and value consciousness; the impact that the Internet will have on grocery shopping is now beyond speculation, while evolving expectations around freshness, food safety and variety continue to influence retailer initiatives.

In 2011, Vietnam experienced some economic difficulties such as high inflation and rising fuel price. Therefore, consumers tended to tighten their travel budgets. However, Vietnam's tourism industry still grew well thanks to the higher level of discounts and promotions from industry players, especially travel accommodation and airlines players. Many hotels and resorts used Groupon-style websites such as nhommua.com, hotdeal.vn and cungmua.com to introduce their discounts and promotions to...

With the global economic outlook still very uncertain, the question of "Where's the growth in consumer foodservice?" becomes ever more pressing. In this new report, Euromonitor International examines the changes which have affected its forecasts over the last year, with the aim of bringing some clarity to a murky global competitive environment.

According to preliminary data from Poland's Institute of Tourism (Intur), there were 60.75mn foreign arrivals into Poland during 2011 - of which 13.35mn were tourist arrivals - reflecting increases of 4.1% and 6.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) respectively. Encouragingly, tourist arrivals were increasing at a faster rate than overall arrivals to the country, boding well for the sector's overall development.

Petrochemicals investors have not been deterred by Egypt's revolution and the subsequent election of a civilian government, with BMI's latest Egypt Petrochemicals report anticipating ethylene capacity of 1.66mn tonnes per annum (tpa) by 2016.

BMI View: We remain convinced that the construction sector's fortunes will improve in FY2012/13 as monetary conditions are already becoming conducive for construction. As such, we are maintaining our real growth forecasts for the construction sector at 7.2% in FY2012/13. However, the lack of willingness to carry out regulatory reforms during the FY2012/13 budget announcement is concerning for the outlook of the 12th Five-Year Plan. Therefore, we have revised down our medium-term construction forecasts, with real growth for the sector averaging 7.8% (previously 8.1%) per annum between FY2013/14- FY2016/17.

"Union Gas Limited" Analysis Across the Oil and Gas Value Chain is an essential source for data, analysis and strategic insight into "Union Gas Limited". The report provides key information relating to oil and gas assets of the company along with its operations across the value chain. The report examines the company's business structure, operations and products, and provides an analysis of its key revenue lines.

The German non-life insurance segment is the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Despite the sovereign debt crisis, which had a major impact on the financial sectors of many EU countries in 2011, German non-life insurance companies recorded higher written premium growth in 2011 than during the during review period as a whole. The top ten German non-life insurance companies accounted for a segmental share of XX%, while the remaining XX% is made up of more than 200 property and casualty insurance companies. This demonstrates a high level of fragmentation.

GlobalData's report, Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Industry Outlook in Saudi Arabia to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of Saudi Arabia ABS industry. The research presents major market trends affecting the ABS industry in Saudi Arabia. The report covers Saudi Arabia ABS plants and presents installed capacity by key feedstock, process and technology. In addition, it presents ABS demand and production forecasts, end use demand forecasts, price trends, trade balance data and company shares of the major ABS producers in Saudi Arabia. Overall, the report presents a comprehensive coverage of Saudi Arabia ABS industry including all the major parameters.

This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from ICD Research's exclusive panel of leading power industry executives. It analyzes how marketing expenditure, business strategies and practices are set to change in the power industry in 2012-13. The report provides data on the current size of the marketing and advertising budgets of power industry supplier companies and how spending by industry suppliers will change, providing insight into global marketing behavior. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities.