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During a period of restricted discretionary spend and low consumer confidence, it is imperative that retailers know who their core customer base is and how they should be targeting them. UK Customer Insights 2012 are based around individual retailers and provide a highly detailed, data-rich overview of a retailer's customers, including shopper profiles and the drivers of loyalty and disloyalty.

This industry includes firms that construct complete non-residential buildings on their own account for sale or on a fee or contract basis. This includes the construction of all types of non-residential buildings (offices, schools, hospitals and factories) and the assembly and erection of prefabricated non-residential constructions on the site. It may also involve the outsourcing of parts or even the whole construction process.

The demand for coal is dominated by its use as a fuel for power generation; in particular, metallurgical coal is experiencing a surge in interest as companies are scrambling to meet demand for steel overseas. Emerging economies will increasingly demand metallurgical coal over the next five years to meet their insatiable demand for steel. Electricity consumption will also expand, as consumers and businesses increase their energy use and in turn, demand more energy.

As a result of the improving economy, beer recorded strong current total value growth in 2011, with sales reaching NGN941 billion. With a relatively high unit price increase of 11% and strong volume growth of 13%, current total value sales increased by a very strong 26% in 2011. This good performance can also be attributed to the increasing number of on-trade consumers and the growing popularity of watching sporting events, especially football, in on-trade outlets as well as the rise in the.

In 2011 there was a very strong increase in unit prices in coffee. Unit prices in fresh ground coffee, which is the largest category of coffee, increased by 29% in retail value terms in 2011 as average unit prices in the off-trade channel increased from DKr70.40 per kg in 2010 to Dkr90.70 per kg in 2011. The correlation between global prices and retail pricing is very strong in coffee and in 2011 several factors influenced unit prices. On a global level, poor harvests, speculation and increased.

In 2011, leisure and personal goods specialist retailers saw positive growth after three years of value decline. Improved economic conditions in the country was the main reason for positive growth at the end of the review period. The negative trend in the category was largely due to the negative trend in jewellers, which saw its category position drop from largest to second largest in 2011. Jewellery retailing is of a large size as Turkish people are culturally very interested in jewellery,

Sales of carbonates experienced a strong deceleration in 2011 compared with previous years, mostly due to price increases (IPI tax rise), more severe weather and rising inflation. In the year, sales of carbonates were also affected by increases in sugar prices and rising packaging costs, such as PET resins. On the other hand, the increase in plastic packaging costs encouraged the leading manufacturers to invest more in returnable bottles in order to compensate for high increases in PET bottles.

Marrakech has grown in recent years to become an attractive destination for sophisticated tourists from around the world. Amidst regional turmoil affecting many neighbouring markets, Marrakech had remained relatively stable until it was targeted by a bomb attack in April 2011. The recovery was nonetheless swift, although hotel owners suffered for many weeks. The "Ochre City" is close to Europe and very well connected by air to its key source markets.

GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research "Orphan Diseases Therapeutics in Oncology to 2018 - Strongly Diversified Developmental Pipelines Indicate Long-Term Growth Potential despite Moderate Scope of Current Late Stage Molecules", which provides insights into the Oncology orphan disease therapeutics market until 2018. The report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GBI Research's team of industry experts. The report provides an in-depth analysis of pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia as well as Hodgkin lymphoma in the last seven years as well as throughout the forecast period until 2018. The report examines the global orphan diseases therapeutics in Oncology usage patterns. It includes the geographical distribution of pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma markets across the US, the top five European countries and in Japan. The report also includes insights into the orphan diseases therapeutics in Oncology Research and Development (R&D) product pipeline and explores the competitive landscape, including major players in the Oncology orphan disease therapeutics market. Finally, the report includes an analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) as well as co-development and licensing deals that took place in the orphan diseases therapeutics in Oncology market in the last seven years.

Building Information Modeling Financial Impacts in 2012: Survey Brief' is a new report by World Market Intelligence that analyzes how companies in the construction industry perceive Business Information Modeling (BIM). This report analyzes the operational impacts of BIM applications and the expected impact of BIM applications on projects.