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Euromonitor International's Apparel Specialist Retailers in Hungary report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examines all retail channels to provide sector insight. Channels include hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, mixed retailers, health and beauty retailers, clothing and footwear retailers, furniture and furnishing stores, DIY and hardware stores, durable goods retailers, leisure and personal goods retailers. There are profiles of leading retailers, with analysis of their performance and the challenges they face. There is also analysis of non-store retailing: vending; homeshopping; internet retailing; direct selling, as available.

The global business travel market recovered better than expected from the recession in 2009, but it is now facing challenges in Europe and the Middle East and Africa, where economic and political troubles are hindering faster growth. However, future performance is expected to be positive, and the key winners are Asia Pacific and Latin America. Globally, operators benefited from the recovery, re-investing their recovered profits in new services.

Australian new vehicle sales for 2011 stood at a total of 1,008,437 units, down by 2.6% year on year (y-oy), according to data released by Australia's Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), a figure very much in line with BMI's own forecast of 1,004,885 sales for the year. Looking forward, the FCAI remains upbeat on the outlook for the Australian auto industry in 2012, with the proviso that there remains uncertainty over the impact of the introduction of carbon pricing in July on auto demand over H212. This is a view BMI shares.

GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research "Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 - Loss of Lipitor Market Exclusivities and Impending Patent Expirations of Plavix to Drive Generic Substitution". The report provides in-depth analysis of drivers and barriers that impact the global cardiovascular disorders market. The report analyzes the generics market for cardiovascular disorders in the US, the top five countries in Europe (the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) and Japan. Treatment usage patterns are forecast until 2018 for the key geographies as well as the leading therapeutic segments. Furthermore, the report provides competitive benchmarking for the leading companies and analyzes the mergers, acquisitions and licensing agreements that shape the global markets.

The German petrochemicals industry is set for a sharp slowdown in 2012, but is unlikely to contract unless the eurozone debt crisis goes out of control and impacts unfavourably on the European and global economy, according to BMI's latest Germany petrochemicals report.

Industry Dynamics, Growth, Threats & Opportunities in the Global Construction Industry 2012-2013: Survey Intelligence is a new report by Timetric that analyzes the construction industry dynamics, construction industry growth outlook, threats and opportunities for the construction industry. 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. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type and company size.

"Global Defense Suppliers CXO Business Outlook Survey 2012-2013: Industry Dynamics, Market Trends and Opportunities, Expenditure and Procurement Strategies" is a new report by ICD Research and Strategic Defence Intelligence that analyzes how defense supplier companies' media spending, marketing, sales strategies, practices, and business planning are set to change in 2012-2013. This report provides the current size of the marketing and advertising budgets of global defense suppliers and how spending by suppliers will change, providing insight into global marketing behavior. In addition, the report identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers, and M&A activity. Furthermore, this report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of C-level decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities."

This report provides projections of the volume and wealth of German HNWIs and a comprehensive background of the local economy. This includes demographic trends (2007-2011) and findings of the proprietary WealthInsight HNWI Database.

As Latin America's third-largest and second-most populous country, Russia has an extensive transport network to meet the requirements of its growing economy. The transport industry registered growth during the first two years of the review period, but declined in 2008 and 2009 due to the global economic recession and the H1N1 flu epidemic. However, in 2010, the industry registered positive growth in all modes of transport. Growth in the air transport market was mainly driven by the success of low-cost carriers, while the key driver of growth for road transport during the review period was increased government investment on the country's road infrastructure. Although car rentals accounted for a small share of the total transport industry, the market is recording growth and demand for car rentals is increasing due to the rise in demand from leisure and business tourists.

The South African insurance industry is the largest life insurance market in Africa, and the most competitive. Mirroring the multi-cultural diversity of the 'Rainbow Nation', the insurance market has a highly varied set of industry competitors. Apart from the regular life insurance and short-term insurance companies, the market also has Islamic insurance and microinsurance firms which cater to niche markets. With the government planning a nationwide launch of a national healthcare insurance scheme, and more foreign firms entering the insurance market in South Africa, it is about to get more diverse and intensely competitive.