Date: 2006-09-08
Name(s): Meziane, Zak
Description: Increasing concerns over the link between unhealthy foods and obesity, restriction on advertising to kids and the ban on snack vending machines in schools are some of the challenges that are reshaping the market and driving category convergence.
Date: 2011-01-01
Name(s): Band, John
Description: Representing a third of total social networking direct revenues, there is a substantial growth opportunity in the still fragmented social gaming market. Various players including major entertainment companies are becoming more involved in the space.
Date: 2009-02-04
Name(s): Furness, Victoria
Description: The way organizations think about and buy their software is starting to change. Software as a Service (SaaS), on-demand, application hosting the number of different software models has proliferated in recent years.
Date: 2008-06-19
Name(s): Breeze, Paul
Description: Solar power is on the verge of a major breakthrough in terms of short and mid-term deployment. In the longer term, several analyses have shown that solar energy could eventually supply the greater part of global enery needs.
Date: 2008-04-07
Name(s): Lewis, Helen
Description: Growth in the global spirits market is slowing, and is even declining in some categories. Expansion into emerging markets and development in healthy and premium spirits are key strategies for growth.
Date: 2011-09-30
Name(s): Qadir, Tanya
Description: Understanding consumer attitudes to sustainability and developments in key sections of the sustainable market will be a major source of competitive advantage for companies looking to enter or stay in the market for sustainable food and drinks.
Date: 2010-11-23
Name(s): Horton, Natasha
Description: The global consumption of functional foods and drinks increased by a compound annual rate of over 6% between 2003 and 2008, and growth is predicted to continue over the next three years.
Date: 2009-09-22
Name(s): Oppenheimer, Andy
Description: Following the post 9/11 anthrax attacks in the US investment in biodefence measures increased rapidly with just under $50bn being spent by the US government alone between 2001 and 2009.
Date: 2010-03-03
Name(s): Evers, Paul
Description: Biopharmaceutical products are the key to the future growth of the pharma market. Even before 2009, small-molecule pharmaceuticals were facing sales erosion from the loss of patent protection, and failure in big pharma R&D to replace blockbusters.
Date: 2010-08-26
Name(s): Wesley, Tim
Description: Generics sales have risen consistently over the past decade. Coupled with changes in the geographic and therapeutic make-up of the sector, this has triggered a period of rapid restructuring within the generics industry.
Date: 2011-02-23
Name(s): Eastwood, Gary, Nuttney, Andrew
Description: Real world utility for consumer use of the Internet today and in the near- to mid-term future will continue to change dramatically, destroying existing business models and creating new opportunities as it develops.
Date: 2009-06-25
Name(s): Drozd, Adrian
Description: Cable operators and fixed-line telecoms operators continue to battle it out for a share of the spoils in the triple-play arena, but they are not alone. Mobile operators and satellite TV providers are also starting to provide fixed-line offerings.
Date: 2007-09-24
Name(s): Eastwood, Gary
Description: Media consumption habits are changing as a result of the emergence of multiple distribution platforms and the ever-growing number of channels available for accessing entertainment. An understanding of these trends is vital for TV market stakeholders.
Date: 2010-07-07
Name(s): Absalom, Richard, Sasso, Marcello
Description: The global TV market is going through a period of huge change. Digital TV is booming, HDTV is becoming prevalent, technologies such as 3DTV and mobile TV are set to take off, and Video on Demand services are becoming ever more popular.
Date: 2010-08-19
Name(s): Johnson, Keith
Description: The convergence of broadcast, broadband and mobile technologies is creating a dynamic content everywhere consumer market context, forcing transformation and restructuring in the consumer electronics, technology, telecoms and media industries.
