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PayPal returns to its online roots

PayPal's recently launched Log In with PayPal platform allows consumers to use their PayPal credentials to log in to merchant websites and complete the checkout process without needing to enter personal or payment information. The service focuses on mobile internet, a popular and growing market, and is likely to prove more successful than PayPal's previous forays into mobile POS payments.

Published By Datamonitor
08 May 2013
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PLA Innovation of the Week: a new toothpaste that helps you to lose weight by making food taste bad

What if losing weight was as easy as brushing teeth? Now it is with Dietifricio Weight-Loss Toothpaste, which not only whitens teeth and keeps gums healthy, but produces a bitter aftertaste to make foods - especially high sugar foods - taste less appetizing. New in Italy, it is the innovation of the week from Datamonitor Consumer's Product Launch Analytics.

Published By Datamonitor
08 May 2013
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Perpetual bulks up in philanthropy

Australian wealth manager Perpetual has announced its intention to acquire The Trust Company, a major player in the Australian and New Zealand professional trustee service markets. While this will have little impact on the company's retail wealth and HNW market shares, it does stand to expand Perpetual Private's philanthropy and estate planning offerings.

Published By Datamonitor
08 May 2013
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Skoda's ambitious sales targets are no joke

Skoda has announced that it will add a second SUV to its line-up and build new Chinese production capacity as part of its plans to boost global sales by 50% over the next few years. This is a potentially risky strategy, as a disappointing recent performance by the Chinese economy could result in the brand suffering from some of the oversupply issues that are affecting other volume manufacturers.

Published By Datamonitor
07 May 2013
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The UK may face an uphill battle as it tries to push the adoption of electric vehicles

Manchester has become the latest UK city to announce plans to create a network of EV charging points. An increase in the number of EV charging points in the UK resulted in pure EV sales rising by 80% in 2012, but mainstream adoption of the vehicles requires more than the creation of a more extensive infrastructure.

Published By Datamonitor
07 May 2013
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M-Pesa takes on Myanmar

Vodafone has teamed up with China Mobile to bid for a mobile network license in Myanmar. If awarded it will give Vodafone access to a market that is almost 50% larger than Kenya, the first market where its M-Pesa mobile payment solution was introduced. The road to Myanmar will not be an easy one but if successful, the venture will present further opportunities for M-Pesa in China.

Published By Datamonitor
03 May 2013
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Offshore wind falls behind target but is set for massive growth

Europe was more than 14% behind its target for installed capacity of offshore wind turbines at the end of 2012, but the volume of projects in the pipeline is sufficient to meet Europe's 2020 target more than three times over.

Published By Datamonitor
03 May 2013
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The lights in the UK will stay on, but at a price

Concerns about the UK's electricity capacity margins are shared by industry stakeholders and government alike. However, Datamonitor still considers that the lights will stay on, despite the undeniable increasing pressure on capacity margin. The prospect of skyrocketing prices by 2015/16 is much more concerning.

Published By Datamonitor
03 May 2013
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"Got Milk?" Non-dairy milk options explode worldwide

Dairy milk producers have been fighting a losing battle against categories such as carbonated soft drinks for the better part of a half century, with milk consumption in the US alone dropping over one third since the 1970s. Lately, however, some of the stiffest competition for dairy milk has come from within the milk category itself, with a host of new non-dairy options.

Published By Datamonitor
02 May 2013
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Interest-only mortgages unfairly maligned

Although many interest-only borrowers face shortfalls, the risk to lenders should be manageable. Despite this, nearly all providers have exited the market, driven by the excessive risk-aversion that is affecting the entire market for credit. Until providers change their priorities to focus more on growth lending volumes will remain low, necessitating continued government intervention.

Published By Datamonitor
02 May 2013

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