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Despite signs that the local economy was slipping back into recession, the French consumer appliances market showed reasonably robust growth in total volume sales for the second year in a row in 2011. This was mainly due to rising demand for small appliances. Volume sales of small appliances were bolstered by the home cooking trend, whereby increasing numbers of French consumers choose to cook at home instead of eating out in order to save money or maintain healthier diets. Growth in volume sales of major appliances was slower, partly due to their longer replacement cycles and higher cost, but was nonetheless boosted by rising demand for more technologically advanced and energy efficient models. Price promotions and other marketing activities also helped to stimulate demand for consumer appliances in general.

The concept of the mass affluent is relatively easy to understand, even if the precise definition changes depending where you are in the world. For instance, the threshold for mass affluent status in the US is usually pitched at $100,000 in liquid assets, whereas in parts of Asia the limit is lower to reflect prevailing average incomes and other economic factors. However, research shows that the growth of developing economic powerhouses is already starting to impact on personal fortunes among households with more than $100,000 in investable assets. Of course, the mass affluent are not a homogeneous group. In some parts of the world they are relatively mature, whereas in the emerging economic powerhouses they are usually younger and still in wealth building mode. Their attitudes to advice are similarly diverse.

In 2011, the global automotive coating market size surged by 10.2% to USD14.881 billion from USD13.501 billion in 2010; the OEM automotive coating market size increased by 10.5% to USD7.989 billion from USD7.231 billion; the automotive refinishing coating market size climbed by 13.5% to USD6.892 billion from USD6.070 billion in 2010. The market of automotive refinishing coating was driven by the increase in car ownership. ?

While the general trend in mature markets is for declining average mileage in lieu of higher vehicle ownership ratios per household, the ongoing economic stagnation is causing motorists to seek financial savings by substituting vehicle use, thus decelerating their vehicles' wear rates and as a result reducing consumption of service parts on an annual basis.

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Compressed Natural Vehicle market to reach 19.8 million units by 2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the cost benefits of using compressed natural gas. The Global Compressed Natural Vehicle market has also been witnessing increasing number of bi-fuel vehicles. However, insufficient compressed natural gas fueling stations poses the biggest challenge in the Global Compressed Natural Vehicle market.

Life science and chemical instruments are used extensively in research and development activities, laboratories being one of the major users. Use of life science and chemical instruments for disease diagnosis is on a rise; for example, flow cytometers are used for diagnosis of all four types of leukemia.

There are 8.2 million Latino adults living in households with an income of $75,000 or more in United States. Highlighting the opportunities generated by this segment, Packaged Facts' new report on upscale latino market of Consumers calls for a shift in strategic thinking about the Hispanic market. Between 2000 and 2010 the number of Upscale Latino households more than doubled from 1.3 million to 2.9 million, and grew three times faster than the number of non-Latino Upscale Consumer households. Upscale Latino households account for only 21% of all Latino households but now generate 51% of their aggregate income. With buying power that is expected to reach $680 billion in 2016, Upscale Latinos have an outsize impact on marketing and sales success in the Latino market. Internet marketers and retailers, among others, should place a high priority on reaching out to these shoppers, who account for two-thirds of all Latinos who annually spend $1,000 or more online.

ReportsnReports adds new industry report on US Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Lumber Market with forecasts to 2015 & 2020.

ReportsnReports adds new industry research report to help determine present status of worldwide catheter market and evaluate its potential over the five-year period from 2011 to 2016.

ReportsnReports adds new industry analysis research report on the North American Process Gas Compressor Market.