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DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/106757/european_health) has announced the addition of the "European Health & Beauty Retailers 2008" report to their offering.

European Health & Beauty 2008 provides comprehensive analysis and data of the European health & beauty market covering expenditure, specialists' sales and space information across the EU27. This report benchmarks the leading six retailers and analyses the key strategic issues facing the sector.

Scope

- Health & beauty expenditure, specialists' sales and space information, including sales densities from 2002 to 2007 for each EU27 country.

- Authoritative profiles of the leading six retailers, including outlooks, market shares, trading records and store portfolios.

- Analysis of key strategic issues to help identify the opportunities and threats faced by EU health & beauty retailers.

Highlights

We estimate the EU health & beauty market increased by 3.9% in 2007 to EUR129.9bn. Of the Top Six markets, Spain has been the fastest growing in recent years, with a buoyant economy driving health & beauty expenditure up by almost a third between 2002 and 2007.

The EU15 account for 91.5% of the EU's health & beauty expenditure led by the large, mature markets of Germany, the UK, France and Italy which each account for much more than a tenth of EU spend.

Germany has the highest specialist revenues at EUR50.0bn, in line with its position as the largest health & beauty market. This dominance is driven by its large and relatively affluent population as well as the extensive store networks of dominant drugstore retailers Schlecker, dm-drogerie markt, Rossmann and Muller.

Reasons to Purchase

- Identify the fastest growing EU health & beauty markets with detailed figures on each country.

- Understand the dynamics of the market to identify the key growth opportunities and threats.

- Gain insight into the strategies of the leading six retailers with analysis of sales, store portfolios and densities.

    Key Topics Covered:

    CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    Key Findings

    Main Conclusions

    CHAPTER 2 EUROPEAN MARKET - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

    Key Findings

    Main Messages

    GDP

    Consumer Expenditure

    Inflation

    Interest Rates

    Employment

    CHAPTER 3 EUROPEAN MARKET - DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW

    Key Findings

    Main Messages

    Trends

    Growth by Country

    Age Breakdown

    Consequences for Retailers

    Households

    Urban Population

    CHAPTER 4 EUROPEAN MARKET - RETAIL SPENDING

    Expenditure

    Growth

    Per Capita

    Retail Share

    CHAPTER 5 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET STRUCTURE

    Health & Beauty Market Definition

    Key Messages

    Expenditure

    Health & Beauty Specialists Definition

    Sales

    Space

    Stores

    CHAPTER 6 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in CEE

    CHAPTER 7 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN FRANCE

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in France

    CHAPTER 8 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN GERMANY

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Leading Retailers

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Remote Pharmacy

    Other Recent Developments

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in Germany

    CHAPTER 9 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN ITALY

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in Italy

    CHAPTER 10 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN THE NETHERLANDS

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in the Netherlands

    CHAPTER 11 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN SPAIN

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in Spain

    CHAPTER 12 HEALTH & BEAUTY MARKET IN THE UK

    Health & Beauty Market Overview

    Recent Developments & Trends

    Outlook for Health & Beauty Retailing in the UK

    CHAPTER 13 STRATEGIC ISSUES

    Where EU Growth Lies

    Growing Competition Threatens Smaller Specialists

    Changing the Proposition

    Consumers Set to Win

    An ageing population

    Ethnicity

    CEE New Battleground

    Economic Attraction

    Specialists Play Field

    Non-specialists Change Landscape

    Smaller Specialists Lose Out

    Majors Focus on Smaller Urban Catchments

    Pharmacy Deregulation

    Progress To Date

    Impact on Pharmacies

    Impact on Health & Beauty Retailers

    UK Leads

    Degrees of Change to Vary

    Route to Market

    Retailers at Forefront

    Majors Wait to Pounce on Liberalised Markets

    Grocers Raise Bar for Specialists

    Grocers Increase Participation in Market

    Grocers Drive Market Share Gains

    If Grocers Gain, Who Loses?

    Key Drivers of Online Health & Beauty Growth

    Internet Penetration Rises

    Consumers More Confident About Buying Online

    Mail Order Pharmacy

    Add-on Purchases

    Niche Products and Wider Choice

    Information Benefit

    Online Shopping Experience Improves

    Impact on Traditional Channels

    Premium Outperforms

    Luxury Market Size and Performance

    High End Drivers

    Premium a Key Opportunity

    Polarisation

    Emerging Markets Will Catch Up

    CHAPTER 14 COMPANY COMPARISONS

    Overview

    CHAPTER 15 ALLIANCE BOOTS

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance Prior to Merger

    Sales Performance Post-Merger

    Year to March 2008

    Health & Beauty division

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 16 AS WATSON

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance

    Year to December 2007

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 17 DM-DROGERIE MARKT

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance

    Year to September 2007

    Current Trading

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 18 DOUGLAS HOLDING

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance

    Six Months to March 2008

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 19 ROSSMANN

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance

    Current Trading

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 20 SCHLECKER

    Company Overview

    Recent Key Developments

    Sales Performance

    Store Portfolio

    Benchmarks

    Outlook

    CHAPTER 21 GLOSSARY

    Definitions

    Abbreviations & Definitions

    Companies Mentioned:

    - ALLIANCE BOOTS

    - AS WATSON

    - DM-DROGERIE MARKT

    - DOUGLAS HOLDING

    - ROSSMANN

    - SCHLECKER

    For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/106757/european_health.

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DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/84269d/the_business_case) has announced the addition of the "The Business Case for Biometrics in Finance - 2nd Edition" report to their offering.

The report contains up-to-date analysis of best-practice, developments and emerging trends in biometrics, including:

- Terminology, standards and compliance de-mystified and explained

- Adapting biometric technologies from border control, ID cards, and passports

- Assessing the reliability and robustness of the technologies developed to date, including: voice recognition technologies for customer verification, and the use of fingerprint technology

- Biometrics within the range of financial operations: ATMs, call centres, cards, customer service, data protection, e-channels and fraud

- The lessons from schemes and pilots already implemented

Case studies and examples from countries including: Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the US.

Many treat biometrics as a 'big government' thing, but today's government technology is tomorrow's banking standard... financial services strategists must keep themselves abreast of biometric developments and seek to find ways to bring these technologies to retail financial services.

Biometrics is not only the technology of here and now, but is also the technology of the future. With the drive to make transactional security and data ever more secure, cutting edge methods of verification are at a premium, and right now that means biometric technology. Its linkage to national security means that vast sums of government money worldwide are being spent on developing state-of-the-art biometric solutions.

This report presents the concepts of biometrics and sets the scene for its use in banking and financial services, including:

- The market for biometrics by region, by sector and by technology, with projections as to its future growth and development in the years to 2015.

- A snapshot of the current status of biometric technologies, analysing each of the main technologies, looking at how and where they might be deployed and the strengths and weaknesses of each.

- The market as it currently stands, identifying the drivers for future growth and discussing how these will shape the future market, and looking at some of the leading suppliers of biometrics technologies, such as L-1 Identity Solutions, Digimarc and LaserCard to name but three.

- The standards and legislation that currently frame the development of biometrics worldwide, and discussing how these are designed to balance privacy issues with the need for security.

- Key players and programmes in the deployment of biometric security in government sectors, including the US' Department of Homeland Security, Visa Waiver Program and Real ID Act, and the UK's ARC and ID card programmes (and charting the ongoing travails of the latter).

- Biometrics programmes in the travel sector, including the European Visa Information System, Project Iris, the Registered Traveller Program and the deployment of biometric passports, and discussing security concerns about just how secure biometric data stored in biometric passports really is.

- The financial services sector's use of biometrics today, and examines customer-facing systems such as ATMs, online banking and access to bank vaults as well as the development of voice, fingerprint and signature verification technology for remote banking, and employee-facing systems for staff ID verification, access to physical areas of the branch and transactional security.

- Case studies on the deployment of a range of biometric technologies, including both finger and palm vein technology, voice recognition, iris scanning and electronic signature verification.

- The potential growth areas for banks that will drive the adoption of biometric technology such as online banking, e-commerce and the development of computers with finger scanners as standard, as well as ways in which biometrics can solve existing problems such as ID theft, card fraud, electronic crime and employee fraud. It also looks at new markets that will be accessed by the deployment of biometrics.

- The overall business case for biometrics in banking, addressing issues such as whether it will achieve its return on investment, how it will address key strategic pressures such as globalisation and domestic competition. It also looks at those considerations not so easily incorporated into a Profit and Loss statement such as enhancing the bank's competitive position in the marketplace and 'hygiene factors' that affect the technology.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

2. Market development

3. Current status of technology
- Facial recognition /Fingerprint/Voice recognition/Iris-Retina scans

4. Suppliers
- ActivIdentity/Cogent Systems/Digimarc/Corp

5. Standards and legislation
- ISO/ICAO/US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/European
 Biometrics Forum

6. Key players and programmes:
- Governments

7. Key players and programmes:
- Travel

8. Key players and programmes:
- Financial services and transactions
- Customer-facing/Employee-facing/International payment schemes.

9. Case studies
- Fingerprint verification for employees/Voice recognition for
 telephone banking
- Fingerprint technology for savings accounts/Signature verification
 for transaction processing.

10. Opportunities and challenges for finance
- Identity theft/Global fraud/Electronic crime/Card fraud/EMV (or Chip
 & PIN)/Contactless cards/Employee fraud.

11. Conclusions: Establishing the business case for biometrics in
 finance
- Biometrics and strategic pressures/Identity fraud/Regulatory
 costs/Customer service/Customer acceptance/Standardisation/Return on
 investment.


    For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/84269d/the_business_case.

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b62054/2008_u_s_lawn_and) has announced the addition of the "2008 U.S. Lawn and Garden Supplies Product Lines" report to their offering.

The 2008 U.S. Lawn & Garden Supplies Product Lines report is the leading annual publication that describes the product line and its sales through 20 retail industries. Published each year in April, the report provides the most current and accurate estimates of the size of the product lines and their distribution channels.

    With over 100 pages, the Product Lines report features:

    --  2008 product line sales totals for each retail industry

    --  2009 forecast product line sales totals for each retail
        industry

    --  2008 product line sales by 50 U.S. States for each retail
        industry

    --  5-year trend product line sales totals for each retail
        industry

    --  Product line sales by 7 company size categories (by employee
        size of company)

    --  Summary tables showing matrix of product line sales by retail
        industry

    --  Industry definitions and descriptions

The 2008 U.S. Product Lines report is an essential reference tool for industry researchers, market analysts, CEOs and leading industry executive

    Key Topics Covered:

    Product lines and distribution channels examined:

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Home centers

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Hardware stores

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Supermarkets & other grocery stores

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Pharmacies & drug stores

Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Gasoline stations with convenience stores

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Department stores

    Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

Lawn, garden, & farm equip - Electronic shopping & mail-order houses

    Cut flowers - Hardware stores

    Cut flowers - Department stores

    Cut flowers - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Indoor potted plants & floral items - Home centers

    Indoor potted plants & floral items - Hardware stores

    Indoor potted plants & floral items - Department stores

Indoor potted plants & floral items - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Outdoor nursery stock - Home centers

    Outdoor nursery stock - Hardware stores

    Outdoor nursery stock - Department stores

    Outdoor nursery stock - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Fertilizer & other soil treatments - Home centers

    Fertilizer & other soil treatments - Hardware stores

    Fertilizer & other soil treatments - Department stores

Fertilizer & other soil treatments - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Lawn & garden tools - Home centers

    Lawn & garden tools - Hardware stores

    Lawn & garden tools - Department stores

    Lawn & garden tools - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Lawn & garden machinery - Home centers

    Lawn & garden machinery - Hardware stores

    Lawn & garden machinery - Department stores

    Lawn & garden machinery - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Farm machinery, equipment, & parts - Home centers

    Farm machinery, equipment, & parts - Hardware stores

    All other farm supplies - Home centers

    All other farm supplies - Hardware stores

    All other lawn & garden supplies - Home centers

    All other lawn & garden supplies - Hardware stores

    All other lawn & garden supplies - Department stores

    All other lawn & garden supplies - Warehouse clubs & supercenters

    Definitions, Methodology and Terms

    For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b62054/2008_u_s_lawn_and.

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0747fb/biopharmaceuticals) has announced the addition of the "Biopharmaceuticals in the US and European Markets" report to their offering.

The only reference book (and databases) concerning biopharmaceutical products!

-- Encyclopaedic monographs concentrate on products' biotechnology and commercial aspects

-- Includes all biopharmaceuticals - recombinant and other proteins, monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, enzymes, blood products, radioimmune conjugates, cultured cells and tissues

-- More than a directory - Besides detailed descriptions and indexing, includes competitive, -technological and regulatory intelligence; much unique and hard-to-find information.

-- Free Product and Company Web databases to locate monographs in the book

-- Full text Web database subscriptions available

Coverage - All biopharmaceuticals approved in the U.S. and EU, those with filings expected through 2008:

    -- Companies involved, partnerships and relationships

    -- Composition, biological and chemical aspects

    -- Products and active agents, biological activity

    -- Nomenclature, class

    -- Manufacturing methods and host systems

    -- Patents and patent disputes

    -- Technology transfer and licensing

    -- Regulatory history, status, approval dates, precedents

    -- Legal aspects

    -- Approved indications

    -- Market size, share, and total sales

    -- Competitive intelligence

    -- Partnerships and agreements

    -- Controversial aspects

    -- And more!

    Key Topics Covered:

    -- Recombinant DNA Products

    -- Monoclonal Antibodies

    -- Vaccine Products

    -- Toxins

    -- Enzymes

    -- Cultured Cells and Tissue Products

    -- Blood Products, Human

    -- Blood Products, Animal

    -- Other Products

    For more information visit

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0747fb/biopharmaceuticals.

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7cd278/wellness_program_r) has announced the addition of the "Wellness Program Return-on-Investment: Benchmarks, Strategies, and Case Studies for Proving the Value of Your Wellness Initiatives Conference CD-ROM" report to their offering.

Overwhelmingly, proving Return-on-Investment (ROI) of a workplace wellness and health promotion program to senior management ranks as the top concern expressed by professionals responsible for the administration and management of their organizations wellness programming, according to the Workplace Wellness Management Year End Survey.

Almost 40 percent of large companies in the United States spend more than $200,000 annually on wellness programs, and 20 percent spend at least $1 million, according to a report released last fall by the Business Roundtable, a Washington, D.C.-based association. The cost of wellness programs is becoming increasingly visible and is therefore being scrutinized by senior management.

Wellness managers must prove the financial viability of wellness programs to ensure senior management's continued support of their programs.

"Programs and initiatives will be competing for the limited funds, and those that are able to demonstrate ROI will be in a better position to survive the budget and programmatic cuts anticipated," according to one survey respondent.

Despite the attention on ROI, many wellness managers don't know the ROI of their programs.

What makes wellness programs' ROI so difficult to calculate? And why are published wellness program ROIs been so inconsistent? How do you document the ROI from your wellness programs?

Join the Wellness Program Management Advisor for "Wellness Program Return-on-Investment: Benchmarks, Strategies, and Case Studies for Proving the Value of Your Wellness Initiatives," that took place in August 2008

    Key Topics Covered:

    Strategies for proving the value of your wellness programs

Overview of the "Alliance for Wellness Program ROI," a non-profit inter-company cooperative, formed to promote corporate wellness programs by demonstrating, through an objective ROI measurement, that wellness programs are an investment rather than an expense to a company

Benchmarking results from Buck Consultant's Study " "WORKING WELL: A Global Survey of Health Promotion and Workplace Wellness Strategies," that analyzed responses from 555 organizations representing approximately 7 million employees

    - The average cost per employee of wellness programs

    - Reduction in healthcare costs attributed to wellness programs

Case Study: The Impact of Highmark's Employee Wellness Programs on 4-year Healthcare Costs

Case Study: Henry Ford Health System - How measuring ROI has influenced their wellness programs

Question and answer session

    For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7cd278/wellness_program_r

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.