A new report from MINTEL finds Britain’s mobile phone junkies set to blow a massive three-quarters of a billion pounds (£740 million) on phone downloads this year alone, some eighteen times the £40 million spent in 2002. What is more, volume sales are expected to increase by an even greater…
A new report from MINTEL finds the great British banger is back in vogue, but this time the simple sausage has gone all posh. This year Britain will chomp through an estimated 189,000 tonnes of these meaty morsels, a hearty 17% increase since 2000. This means that the average British…
A new age for gap year travelLatest research from MINTEL’s Travel and Tourism Analyst shows that older ‘Career Gappers’ and ‘Denture Venturers’ are giving students a run for their money in the multi-billion pound global gap year market. Having only really taken off in the early 1990s, the global gap…
Latest research from MINTEL finds that as many as 35% of British parents now live as a ‘non-traditional’ family unit, because they are single parents (19%) or because they have children from previous relationships (16%) living with them. This means that today around 5 million British parents have a ‘non-traditional’…
while it’s one more round for the BritsLatest research from MINTEL shows that in two of Europe’s largest economies, France and Germany, social, economic and political changes have lead to many consumers turning their backs on alcohol. Indeed, in France consumption fell by 6% between 1999 and 2004 to stand…
New research from MINTEL finds sales of energy and stimulant drinks set to pass the £1 billion barrier this year, taking sales of these stamina boosting drinks to an incredible £1 in every £5 spent on soft drinks.Today’s 24/7 lifestyle is driving the sales of energy drinks, with volume having…
Back-to-basics healthy eating and the GI diet are among the contenders for America’s attentionChicago (August 5, 2005)- Atkins Nutritionals’ bankruptcy came as no surprise to many food and health experts. In 2004, Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD) tracked more than 2,600 new products that hit the U.S. market with…
Latest research from MINTEL finds Britain’s men wracked with worry and feeling the pressures of modern day living. Indeed, nearly one in every ten (8%) men are ‘Anxiety Ridden’ finding life simply too much to handle, with this anxiety peaking at one in seven men amongst the 25 to 44…
New research from MINTEL finds sales of bottled water booming as healthier drinks take an increasing share of Britain’s soft drinks market and carbonates see their share continue to decline. Indeed, the volume of the bottled water market increased by around 50% between 1999 and 2004, to stand at just…
Mintel Predicts Industry is Heading for a $3 Billion Stateside BoomCHICAGO (June 23, 2005)— Mobile gaming has become an increasingly hot area of cellular phone revenue, climbing to $200 million in 2004. Additionally, mobile gambling is increasing its stake in the U.S. at a rapid rate, according to Mintel International’s…
Exclusive consumer research from MINTEL’s first comprehensive report into childhood obesity names a staggering one in three (33%) Mums and Dads as ‘Relaxed Parents’, who take little interest in their children’s eating habits. This amounts to some 5.3 million parents, making ‘Relaxed Parents’ the largest group of Mums and Dads…
Despite the boom in the pet food and petcare market, a new report from MINTEL finds that pets are being squeezed out of our homes, due to the changes in traditional family life. This shift in British society has led to an increasing number of single-person households and households with…
