Discount formats Encouraging Department Stores Sales Globally: Ken Research

Ken Research announced recent publication on “Global Department Stores Retailing 2015-2020,” which offers insights on Global department stores retail landscape including current market sizes, the Global fastest growing markets and category groups. Furthermore, in-depth analysis of the market size and category forecasts for the specific regions and countries, and also features major retailers, key innovative retailers, and department store retail trends. The publication covers the 50 largest retail markets including 24 countries in Europe, 12 countries in Asia-Pacific, nine countries in the Americas, and five countries in the Middle East and Africa, Furthermore, it offers shrewd analysis of the latest trends, market dynamics covering 9 category groups and key innovations in retail space in major countries across the four regions. Individual concentrating on the competitive landscape with analysis of key players across the four regions, including market share of the retailers for the region or on the latest trends can drive all such information from this publication.

Brick and mortar over Online Retailing

The online retailing has witnessed boom in the industry and along with it, it has brought challenges. For one, both brick and mortar pioneers immaculate play online behemoths are discovering that the fate of the business is not only on the web, yet rather in creative omni channel offerings that connect on the web and physical shopping. Subsequently, the dividers amongst brick and mortar and web based business are as of now descending. Physical stalwarts, for example, Walmart and Nordstrom keep on expanding their online offerings, while online pioneers from U.S.- based Amazon to Singapore's Zalora are venturing into physical markets. Those retailers that can figure out how to combine on the web and offline setups most flawlessly could end up being the enormous victors.

Macro environment

The largest market for department store retailing is North America, followed by Europe whereas Asia Pacific is anticipated to be fastest growing market for department store retailing.

Rising disposable income, expanding promotional activities, elevating consumer confidence and ever-increasing populace in the developing regions are few of the major driving force for department store retailing market. With the low effect of economic recession, employment rate and disposable income levels are enhancing, which allows the consumer to spend more on products such as apparels, cosmetics and toiletries. Thus rise in the confidence level of consumer which allows them to spend money effortlessly.

Major Companies

The key companies operating in the department store retailing market incorporate

·         David Jones,

·         Myer,

·         Nordstrom,

·         JCPenny,

·         KOHL’S,

·         Dillard’s,

·         Hudson’s Bay Company,

·         Falabella,

·         Liverpool.

Recent Trends

Rise in purchasing power of the middle-class populace, young working professionals, and the expansion of department stores in emerging markets. Off-price department store sales are elevating majorly in North America, and the format is anticipated to gain popularity in Europe in the near future. In an effort to offer a seamless shopping experience to the customers, department store retailers are developing novel innovative concepts such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and certain others.

Topics covered in the Report

·         Global department stores retailing

·         Global online retailing

·         North America department Stores retailing

·         Europe department Stores retail Industry

·         Asia pacific retail industry

·         Asia-pacific department stores research report

·         Global retail industry research

·         Departmental Stores retailing Global

·         India departmental stores Market

·         Global POS terminal sales

·         Retail Industry Digital technology

·         In-store retail market Research

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Japan Large Appliances (Air Conditioner, Television, Refrigerator, and Washing Machine) Market on the Basis of Sales Volume : Ken Research

How Japan Large Appliances Market Is Positioned?
Japan is among the most developed nations in world with GNI per capita of USD 36,680 in 2015. It has very high per capita income, and people in Japan have very high standards of living. Consumer experience is the very important factor while developing the product for Japanese large appliances market. Total demand for large appliances has declined from ~ million in 2012 to ~ million 2015. Market for large appliances in Japan  was estimated at USD ~ billion in 2015. Percentage decline in terms of revenue was less compared to percentage decline in terms of number of appliances sold as demand for high end products has increased. Increased concern for environment and value added features with smart technologies has promoted the sales of appliances with high price tag.

Japan is home to some of the prominent large appliances brand in the world which includes Panasonic, Hitachi, Daikin, Sharp, and others. Demand for high end technology products, loyalty to domestic brand, better after sale service and replacement of old product with latest and upgraded appliances were key growth drivers creating demand for large appliances in Japan. Exports over the period have declined owing to closure of manufacturing bases of large appliances in Japan. Total exports for 2015 were reported at USD ~ billion. Though the large appliances market is dominated by domestic companies many products were imported from manufacturing bases outside Japan due to unavailability of raw material and intermediary product in Japan. Import value is much higher than exports.
What Have Been The Major Segments That Has Driven Change
Market for large appliances is dominated by demand for air conditioners in Japanese large appliances market. In 2015, ~ million units of air conditioners were sold in Japan large appliances market. This was ~% of total number of large appliances sold in Japan Market. Television sales with market share of ~% has was second most sold large appliance totaling ~ million units. Washing machine and refrigerator were sold in nearly equal numbers, with each selling ~ million units in 2015 accounting for ~% market share each.
Air Conditioner: Air conditioner sales have dominated the large appliances market in terms of revenue with a market share of ~% in 2015. Sale of air conditioner generated revenue worth USD ~ million in 2015. Demand for air conditioner in Japan was mainly driven by a necessity to have clean air with ambient temperature and humidity condition. It has been witnessed that more than ~% sales for air conditioners in Japan pertains to split A/C.
Shift in consumer preference for HDTV and smart TV has led to replacement of old television sets in Japan which is the major growth driver. The market is largely dominated by domestic brands such as Sharp, Toshiba, Panasonic and others which have together accounted for more than ~% of television sales in Japan. Large screen television sets are gaining market share in Japan with advent of better picture quality and added features.
Major Distribution Channel
Distribution network of large appliances in Japan was majorly dominated by brick and mortar stores across Japan with sales largely dominated by large retail chains such as Yamada Denki, Bic Camera and others. Online shopping in Japan is dominated by market place like Rakuten or by mall sites. Several large retailers such as Yamada Denki and Bic Camera have their own online platform.
Product delivery is the major determining factor for choosing the medium of sales. Logistics handling of large appliances in Japan is very fast, most appliances are expected to be delivered by next day. Delay in excess of 2 days is not accepted. For a small country like Japan such expectation are practical and is met by most retailers in both online and offline mode.
Large appliances market in Japan was largely dominated by domestic brands. Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Mitsubishi are some of the leading brands which are operating in Japan large appliances market. These companies together constitute more than 90.0% of total revenue in Japan large appliances market. International companies such as LG, Electrolux, Haier have limited share with majority of the demand for their products coming for some specialized product. LG which is among global top 3 large appliances market has less than ~% market share in Japan. Panasonic leads the market for air conditioner in Japan. Panasonic is also one of the prominent players in washing machine segment. Sharp leads the market for television in Japan and is also popular in refrigerator market lagging the market leader by small percentage. Hitachi is one of the biggest conglomerates in Japan and was the market leader in washing machine segment with ~% share in washing machine segment of Japan. Daikin is the second largest player in the air conditioner market. Toshiba which has sold its large appliances business to China based Midea group was the ~ largest player in television and washing machine segment and~ largest player in refrigerator segment.
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Admiral group Business and Financial Performance: Ken Research

Ken research announced its recent publication titled “Insurance Competitor Profile: Admiral Group 2016,” which offers insights on Admiral Group UK business including its structure, performance in both the commercial and personal lines markets and its marketing and distribution strategy. Furthermore it investigates its strengths and weakness in the market including its sub brands along with it the challenges and opportunities. This report offers a shrewd analysis of Admiral's organizational structure and its core business segments including its advertising strategy offering insights on the group’s strategy and co insurers.

Admiral Insurance Group provides surplus lines coverage to commercial risks that generally involve mediocre to high degrees of hazard. This Group, a W. R. Berkley Company, is a wholesale-dedicated surplus lines commercial insurance provider. They specialise in underwriting difficult-to-place moderate to high-risk commercial business seeking creative solutions to novel and unusual complex risks. Lines of business incorporate Commercial Casualty, Professional Liability, and Commercial Property.

Admiral Insurance Company is domiciled in Delaware with managerial workplaces in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Admiral Insurance Company is a genuine surplus lines insurer with wide treaties operating as an authorized carrier in New Jersey and Delaware. They are an approved surplus lines carrier writing on a non-conceded premise in all other states plus Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.               

Capital structure

Their low risk approach to their business with key use of reinsurance has made it possible to maintain low levels of capital employed. However in 2014 they found that favourable capital markets and very reasonable rates of interest produced the opportunity to strengthen and diversify the capital resources as they make a prudent transition into Solvency II in 2016, with the attendant regulatory capital requirement and buffers.

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Switzerland Economic Stability to Attract HNW Investors: Ken Research

Ken research announced its recent publication on “Wealth in Switzerland: Sizing the Market Opportunity 2016,” offers insight on the Swiss wealth and retail savings and also its investments markets, with a focus on the HNW segment which is based on their proprietary datasets. The production particularly concentrates on asset classes which are favoured by Swiss investors and how their preferences influence the development of the total savings and investments market, Sizes the affluent market and shrewd examination of HNW clients’ attitudes towards non-liquid investments such as property and commodities furthermore identifies the key drivers and booking centers for offshore investments. The individuals who are seeking information on the share of their Swiss wealth market against the current market size and are keen to forecast their future growth prospects using our projections for the market to 2020. This report is a useful resource to solve many purposes.

Economy of Switzerland

The economy of Switzerland is one of the globe’s most stable economies. Its policy of long-term monetary security and political stability has made Switzerland a safe place for investors, creating an economy that is escalating dependent on a steady tide of foreign investment.

Switzerland has achieved one of the highest per capita incomes across the globe with low unemployment rates and a balanced budget. The service sector has also come to play a significant role in the economy. The Global Innovation Index has ranked the economy of Switzerland as the first in the world in the 2015.

Economic Sectors

The Swiss economy follows the typical First World model with respect to the economic sectors. A small minority of the workers are indulged in the major or agricultural sector which is 1.3% of the population, in 2006 amidst a larger minority is involved in the manufacturing sector that is 27.7% in 2012. The majority of the working population are involved in the services sector of the economy which is 71.0% in 2012.

In Switzerland, 88% of adults aged 25-64 have finished upper secondary education, higher than the OECD average of 76%. This is a fact of men than women, as 90% of men have successfully completed high-school contrasted with 86% of women. In terms of the quality of its educational system, the average student scored 518 in reading literacy, maths and science in the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This score is higher than the OECD average of 497. On average in Switzerland, girls outperformed boys by 5 points, less than the average OECD gap of 8 points.

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Uganda Dairy Product Market Future Projections on the Basis of Revenue : Ken Research

Agriculture was the main contributing segment to the overall economy of Uganda in 2015. Dairy sector was the second largest contributor after cereal product market in agriculture industry contributing close to 48.0% in 2015. Dairy market in Uganda is largely unorganized with the presence of large number of small scale dairy farmers who contributes 80.0% to the overall milk production in the nation followed by 20.0% from the large scale dairy farms.
Out of the total raw milk production of 2.8 billion liters in 2015 across the nation, only 40.0% of the raw milk is consumed in processed form such as cheese, butter, milk powder, yoghurt, processed milk, flavored milk while ~% of raw milk is sold out to local consumers in raw form without any value addition. Rest ~% of the raw milk gets wasted due to lack of cold.

Which Product Is Generating Maximum Revenue For The Uganda Dairy Product Market?
Processed milk contributed highest revenue share of ~% in 2015 owing to its increased demand as an effect of government effort to remove problem of malnutrition in the country. It has been observed that one third of the children in Uganda are stunted and under-nutrition is a reason for 60% of the deaths of children under five. Yoghurt captured second position in the market and is also observed to record growth at a high CAGR of ~% in terms of USD in between 2013 and 2015 with revenues inclining from USD ~ million in 2013 to USD ~ million in 2015. Presence of recognized and unrecognized yoghurt processors in the market who have well established distribution network and are involved in continuous launch of innovative products in the market is the major factor which has fuelled the demand for yoghurt in Uganda. Ice and Cheese followed yoghurt with revenue shares of ~% and ~% in 2015 respectively.
How Dairy Industry Is Regulated In Uganda?
In Uganda, 1993 Dairy Master Plan and 1998 Dairy Industry Act are governing the dairy sector. These acts are considered as out-dated and non-adapted to current dynamics, notably investments in the sector and trade16, although the Government has more recently formulated a National Dairy Strategy (NDS) for 2011-15. Uganda’s NDS focuses more on milk marketing and value addition.
Dairy Development Authority is responsible for promoting and monitoring quality in the dairy industry through enforcement of standards and regulations. The Authority (DDA) also developed the "The Dairy (Marketing and Processing of Milk and Milk Products) Regulations, 2003", Statutory Instruments No. 26 of 2003.
How Presence Of Global Giants In The Country Impact The Uganda Dairy Product Market?
Uganda dairy product market is growing at a high pace in terms of local currency. However, unfavorable exchange rate impacts the market in a negative manner. The growing market of Uganda has encouraged many global players to invest into the markets of Uganda and set up manufacturing units in the country. Availability of low cost in the country is the major factor which supported the investment decision of these players. The major among them include Unilever, Brookside Dairies, Glacier Products Ltd. And Eldoville Ltd. These players are involved and new product launches, which is leading to easy availability of dairy product in remote locations of the country at affordable cost, hence driving the market.
Key Factors Considered In The Report

• The market size of Uganda Dairy Product Market
• Market segmentation of Uganda Dairy Product Market on the basis of Products
• Trends and Developments in Uganda Dairy Product Market
• Regulatory Framework of Uganda Dairy Product Market
• Competitive Landscape and Detailed Company Profiles of the Major Market Players
• Future Outlook and Projections of Uganda Dairy Product Market
• Analyst Recommendations
• Macro-Economic Factors Impacting the Uganda Dairy Product Market

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Nigeria Dairy Product Market Future Projections on the Basis of Revenue : Ken Research

The dairy product manufacturers in Nigeria receive milk supply largely from northern Nigeria. Favorable weather condition in the region has resulted in high presence of milk producing cows which is the major factor contributing towards high milk production in Northern Nigeria. Consequently, good quality feed and hygiene cattle management practices have also emerged in the northern region, which helps to build stronger local milk supply to the dairy product manufacturers in region. Nigeria’s dairy product manufacturers usually produce ice cream, chocolate milk, yoghurt, and long life milk locally. On the other hand, dairy products such as infant formula, cheese, butter, and ice cream are imported from the other nations to meet the rising demand during the period 2013 - 2015. Dairy processors in nation mostly rely on combining and reconstituting milk powder which is imported mostly

Which Product Is Generating Maximum Revenue For The Nigeria Dairy Product Market?
Milk powder is the highest revenue generating segment of dairy industry in Nigeria with revenue share of ~% in 2013, ~% in 2014 and ~% in 2015. However, the percentage contribution by this segment has declined during the period owing to reduction in import volume after the rise in the import duties during the period. This scenario deviated the attention of many milk powder manufacturers towards production of its major substitute products such as UHT milk, long life milk, and skimmed milk. Yoghurt is estimated as the fastest growing segment in the market with CAGR of ~% in its local currency in between 2013 and 2015 resulting which yoghurt market had grown to a high value of NGN ~ billion in 2015. Yoghurt consumption is traditionally high in Nigeria due to which its manufacturers in nation were motivated to continuously work on its taste, and quality. This made its manufacturers capable to offer variety of yoghurt products as a trendy refreshment dairy product.

 Major non-compliance is currently observed in milk quality in Nigeria. It has been observed that raw milk supplied in the country has high total viable count (TVC) and high Coliform Count (CC). Similarly finished milk products have high TV, high CC and yeast and molds especially in some fermented products. To control the quality parameters, Government of Nigeria has imposed prohibition in a form that no milk or dairy products shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold or distributed in Nigeria, unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation 1(a), the manufacture, importation, exportation or advertisement of milk and dairy products shall be undertaken with the approval of the Agency.
How Innovative Product Launches By Manufacturers Are Impacting Nigeria Dairy Product Market?
Nigeria market had though showcased decline during the historical period, the market is expected to grow during the forecast period. Growing GDP coupled with the rising awareness are the factors which are expected to drive the market during the forecast. This fact has resulted in entrance of various global giants in the market with their innovative products. It has been observed that various novel dairy products have entered into Nigeria dairy market in previous years including long life milk, various types of cheese, and yoghurt and ice cream in different flavors as per the taste of the people living in Nigeria.
The major examples of such innovative products launched in Nigeria include Fan Milk launch of frozen yoghurt and Nutricima launch of Yo Classic yoghurt for health conscious consumers in Nigeria. The product was specially launched for health cautious people as product specifies the absence of artificial chemicals. Additionally, yoghurt being one of the growing segments in Nigeria dairy product market with the CAGR of ~% would also assist the company in increasing its consumer base in the country. The company could also strategize its promotional activities further for increasing its share in the market with the help of this innovative yoghurt brand. The companies innovate their product to attract broaden their product portfolio, which further helps them in increasing their market share in the respective market.

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New Zealand anticipates m-commerce to be an Escalating Market: Ken research

Ken research announced latest publication titled “Consumer Payments Country Snapshot: New Zealand 2016,” which offers comprehensive overview on the consumer payments market in the Netherlands, concentrated on payment cards, online payments, P2P payments, and newer payment technologies such as mobile wallets and contactless and also the shrewd examination of the regulations implied in the industry that players must comply with, and how these have evolved lately. The distribution offers an in-depth analysis of the major payment card types in terms of both card holding and usage, explores the online payment market in the New Zealand by merchant type & payment tool and the regulations affecting the payments market and how they are likely to affect new incumbents and disruptors, furthermore it has investigated the consumer attitudes towards prepaid cards, P2P tools, mobile payment tools, and contactless cards, and how the industry in the Netherlands are deploying these tools to satisfy customer needs. The distribution serves a lot of purposes individuals who are seeking data about the key facts and figures in the consumer payments market in the Netherland, regulatory requirements affecting the players, major competitors new product launches and customers various sentiments over various payment options.

New Zealand is a wealthy Pacific nation dominated by two cultural groups that are New Zealanders of European descent and the Maori, the descendants of Polynesian settlers.
Macro Environment Analysis
The economy is one of the external factors that would affect mostly industries and businesses. These factors incorporate taxation, interest rate, inflation, exchange rate, and GDP. These factors impact not only behaviour of customers, but also the behaviour of companies. For example, the strong NZ dollar makes the export goods less imperative yet makes import goods more affordable to local consumers. The global financial crisis has affected New Zealand economy although New Zealand and Australia are thought to escape relatively well and have 2 to 3 percent growth in the near future. In the online equipment brokerage sector, the low interest rate could have a positive effect as the lower rate makes the asset investment more attractive. Moreover, the tax reduction for both individual and business may increase the revenue of the industry in the future.
Consumers like novel technology and most of them have become tech savvy. Internet, mobile phone, video games, and HD TVs are parts of everybody’s everyday life. For many products and services, technology can reduce expenses, escalate quality and productivity, and lead to innovation. Advances in technology will ultimately produce benefit for both consumers and the company offering the products and services. In some industry, technological factors are imperative for generating competitive advantages and maintain market position.
M-Commerce has lot of potential
New Zealand is wealthy nation where consumers have already been using cards for a long time and the cards market has reached its height in terms of volume, with new innovations and technology the expectations of consumers has reached to an undiscovered level . The companies like Semble which provides a mobile wallet app and other financial services has failed in such a market, clearly indicates that consumers expectations are certainly high. Notwithstanding such failures, the m-commerce market anticipates a good amount of success in the near future. Companies are working in this direction and quite soon, New Zealand will have masses using m commerce for all the financial transactions.
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Africa Mobile Infrastructure and Mobile Broadband: Ken Research

Improved mobile network capability in Africa stimulating smartphone adoption

Within Africa there is considerable diversity in the availability and capability of mobile telecom infrastructure. Vast tracks of the continent, particularly in the northern desert regions, are sparsely populated with little in the way of network coverage. However, intense investment programs undertaken by several pan-regional operators in recent years has meant that population coverage in most countries is excellent.

Much of the phenomenal growth in the take-up of mobile voice and data services has stemmed from the lack of fixed-line alternatives. Fixed-line networks provide limited reach, particularly so in rural areas but also in many urban areas. Before market liberalisation efforts started some two decades ago most incumbent telcos were government-owned enterprises. There was little commercial incentive to invest in infrastructure, and combined with a lack of regulatory oversight, poor management and government neglect, fixed-line penetration remained very low by global standards. In many countries, such as in the DRC, Sudan, Mozambique, South Sudan and Libya, war and civil conflict largely destroyed what little infrastructure there was in place.

Mobile voice and data services were able to fill this void very effectively. As a result, in many countries in the region the use of telecoms services is morphing from being predominantly mobile to being solely mobile. Investment in fixed-line infrastructure is being side-lined in favour of mobile infrastructure. Operators are predominantly investing in spectrum, particularly in the 700MHz band as this is being released into 2017 and 2018 following the switch from analogue to digital broadcasts. They are also strengthening the robustness of their networks by migrating from 3G to LTE-based services. This in turn is being supported by increased international connectivity from a number of new submarine and terrestrial cables. These cables are providing the required backbone infrastructure to support the growing flow of data. Prominent projects include the SACS cable running between Angola and Brazil, with onwards connectivity to Miami, as well as the Liquid Sea cable being built by the pan-regional infrastructure provider Liquid Telecom along the continent’s east coast.

Smartphones are increasingly becoming the principal mobile device used among consumers. The adoption of smartphones is being encouraged by a plethora of cheaper units manufactured locally. The growing take-up of such devices is in turn supporting a tremendous growth in m-commerce, m-money and m-banking services. With the majority of Africans being unbanked, m-payment systems are thriving in most markets where they have been deployed. This has been helped by operators facilitating money transfers between their cross-border networks, as also by co-operation among different players and by a wider number of banks hosting such services. M-money is particularly popular in markets such as Kenya, though the more sophisticated banking sector in South Africa was a contributing factor in the Vodacom’s M-Pesa service being withdrawn from that market in mid-2016.

More than three quarters of mobile subscribers on the continent are expected to subscribe to broadband services by 2020, compared to about a fifth in early 2016. With more than a billion mobile subscribers in the region this presents a vast market for vendors and application providers. Although the relatively low purchasing power in the region will not translate into a similarly rapid growth in revenue, considerable potential remains.

MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE

High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)

The regulator launched an international tender in mid-2010 to build and operate a third generation (3G) mobile network. It took until October 2011 to award the licence to Bharti Airtel (Airtel Gabon). To facilitate the development of 3G services a deal was brokered with Gabon Telecom in the following December allowing Bharti Airtel access to the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE submarine cable. An additional connection with the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable was made in December 2012. In June 2013 © Copyright Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, 2016. The operator’s parent company announced plans to invest an additional $ million in its mobile operations in Gabon.

However, the Council of Ministers did not pass the decree authorising the 3G licence, extended to the use of 3.5G and 4G/LTE technologies, until January 2014, and Airtel Gabon did not secure its licence until the following March, having paid $ billion ($ million) for the year license.

In April 2014 Airtel Gabon launched a commercial W-CDMA/HSPA+ service in Libreville. The operator planned to cover the entire with the network, with a third phase expected in late 2014 to cover the second largest city, Port Gentil, and a fourth phase, to be completed by the end of 2014, reaching all provincial capitals. Bintel’s licence also includes a concession to offer 3G services. However, the company still offers only 2G and 2.5G services.

Long-term Evolution (LTE)

In March 2014 the government announced that Gabon Telecom was to be allocated additional licenses to enable it to offer 3G and 4G services. The deal was part of a number of strategic agreements signed between Morocco and the Gabonese government which cover areas including agriculture, health, housing, finance and banking, technologies, transport and tourism.

Mobile satellite services

The satellite service provider Thuraya in April 2014 signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel to provide mobile satellite services to customers across the operator's footprint, including Gabon. The project is aimed at providing satellite voice and data services to subscribers in remote and rural areas in 17 countries across the region.

Mobile payments

In early 2013 Gabon Telecom partnered with the mobile financial solutions provider Mahindra Comviva to develop its Mobi Cash mobile money services and ‘mobiquity’ mobile financial applications via its Libertis mobile division. These enable customers to make remittances, receive salary payments, pay bills and make purchases at retailers. For many Gabonese without bank accounts mobiquity provides a cost-effective banking alternative.

Mobile broadband

Internet access via General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) has been available in Kenya since 2004 from Safaricom, followed by Bharti Airtel in 2006. ISPs started to feel increased competitive pressure after 3G services were introduced by Safaricom in 2008.

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Penetration of smartphones to elevate m-commerce Demand in France: Ken Research

Ken research announced its most recent publication on “Consumer Payments Country Snapshot: France 2016,” which offers comprehensive overview on the consumer payments market in the France, concentrated on payment cards, online payments, P2P payments, and new payment technologies such as mobile wallets and contactless and also the shrewd examination of the regulations implied in the industry that players must comply with, and how these have evolved lately. The distribution offers an in-depth analysis of the major payment card types in terms of both card holding and usage, explores the online payment market in the France by merchant type & payment tool and the regulations affecting the payments market and how they are likely to affect new incumbents and disruptors, furthermore it has investigated the consumer attitudes towards prepaid cards, P2P tools, mobile payment tools, and contactless cards, and how the industry in the France are deploying these tools to satisfy customer needs. The distribution serves a lot of purposes individuals who are seeking data about the key facts and figures in the consumer payments market in the France, regulatory requirements affecting the players, major competitors new product launches and customers various sentiments over various payment options.

Observations from the Macro economic imbalances

• The on-going deterioration in the current account and the international investment position showcases a risk for the long-term sustainability of the French growth model. France has witnessed important losses in export market shares over the last few years (-14.0% between 2007 and 2012). Contrary to developments in other deficit countries, limited signs of a durable rebalancing can be seen in France so far.
• The efforts to improve the non-cost competitiveness of French companies are hampered by their low profitability and increasing indebtedness.

The low profit margins of French companies, which continued to deteriorate in 2012 significantly due to a still increasing tax burden, led them to escalate their indebtedness in order to finance investment. Moreover credit constraints appear moderate at this stage, such a situation may lessen their ability to invest and to effectively engage in export activities.

• The high general government deficit, jointly with a still rising public debt constitutes a major vulnerability, which calls for further adjustment.

France's government deficit expanded sharply in 2009 as a result of the economic crisis. Since then, fiscal consolidation has been undertaken in order to bring the deficit below 3% of GDP by 2013, a deadline which has been extended to 2015. While risks to the medium-term sustainability appear moderate, the expansion in public debt following the financial crisis means that the economy has become more sensitive to potential adverse economic events.
 Latest Trends
France has the lowest card penetration in Western Europe, with less than one payment card per person in circulation and for this The French government has acquainted legislation obliging organizations to install payment terminals equipped of accepting contactless cards and NFC-based mobile wallets when purchasing new POS terminals.
E-commerce continues to account for the wide majority of online purchases in France. However, m-commerce is gaining ground, with its share of online purchases rapidly developing from 1% in 2010 to 12% in 2014. Payment providers should look to invest in mobile to ensure their long-term relevance.
 Topics Covered in the Report

• Global payment industry research
• France payment industry
• Consumer payment industry France
• Europe payment industry
• M-commerce Market France
• Ecommerce payment industry
• Wallet payment market France
• Plastic Card Money France
• P2P payments France
• Online Payment channels France

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https://www.kenresearch.com/banking-financial-services-and-insurance/financial-services/consumer-payments-country-snapshot-france-2016/70709-93.html
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