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Analyst Opinions
Adding Value Through Packaging: Household Care and Laundry – Identifying pack formats and features that make a brand worth paying more for
"Adding Value Through Packaging: Household Care and Laundry", explores new packaging formats and value-added features in the household care category, using examples from GlobalData's Pack-Track innovation tool. Household care packaging are often seen as a basic commodity and, with a huge and varied selection of products on the retail shelf, it can be difficult for brand owners to offer something unique to consumers. Packaging is a key element that can provide differentiation and important added-value benefits. By using packaging to...
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Analyst Opinions
Artificial Intelligence – Transforming the future of Healthcare
Artificial intelligence describes the work processes of machines that would require intelligence, if performed by humans. The term ‘artificial intelligence’ refers to ‘investigating intelligent problem-solving behavior and creating intelligent computer systems’. The goal of AI systems is to develop systems capable of tackling complex problems in ways similar to human logic and reasoning. Insights, real world examples of innovation and implementation of disruptive technologies across the value chain
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Sector Analysis
Project Insight: Healthcare Construction Projects, The Americas
The Americas is a varied region encompassing the affluent developed countries in North America and the developing countries in Central and South America. In North America, and in particular the US, expenditure on healthcare is relatively high when compared to the size of the economy. According to the World Bank, the US spent 16.8% of GDP on healthcare in 2015 compared to 10.4% in Canada, 8.9% in Brazil and 8.1% in Chile. Peru, by contrast, has one of the lowest...