Abstract
Mintel has undertaken some bold initiatives that provide crucial insight into current market conditions and approaches to a range of markets moving forward. Most dramatically, Mintel conducted an exhaustive re-evaluation of consumer market forecasts of our reports.
What this means is that you can now see, in a side-by-side comparison, how Mintel viewed the market at the time a report was published, and how we view projected market growth given the current recession. Each reforecast includes a brief statement of the new forecast, reasons for the change, and an overall assessment of the current state of the market.
In addition, you'll find value in Mintel Oxygen's What's Hot, Economy in Crisis page, which provides the latest in trends, market reactions and opportunities.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Reforecasting Puts Markets in Fresh Light
- Intelligent planning brings opportunities
- Fresh insight for making smart decisions
- Automotive Aftermarket: The Market
- Key points
- Market size and forecast -- January 9, 2009 (unchanged from August 2008)
- Figure 1: Total U.S. sales and forecast of the auto aftermarket, 2002-12
- Figure 2: Total U.S. sales and forecast of the auto aftermarket, at
inflation-adjusted prices, 2002-12
- Green and Hybrid Automobiles
- Key points--fast market hits a big speed bump
- Market size and forecast - December 19, 2008
- Figure 3: Total U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles, in current prices, 2004-08
- Figure 4: Total U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles, by month, 2004-08
- Figure 5: Total U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles as a percentage of total
new vehicles, by month, 2004-08
- Market size and forecast -- July 2008
- Figure 6: Total U.S. sales of hybrid vehicles, in current prices, 2004-08
- Tires
- Key points
- Market size and forecast January 31, 2009
- Figure 7: Total retail sales of passenger tires in the U.S. and Canada,
at current prices, 2003-13
- Figure 8: Total retail sales of passenger tires in the U.S. and Canada,
at inflation-adjusted prices, 2003-13
- Market size and forecast originally published July 2008
- Figure 9: Total retail sales of passenger tires in the U.S. and Canada,
at current prices, 2002-12
- Figure 10: Total retail sales of passenger tires in the U.S. and Canada,
at inflation-adjusted prices, 2002-12
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