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Summary: Datamonitor′s Hand & Body Care: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the hand & body care industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry′s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global hand and body care market grew by 3.7% in 2007 to reach a value of $9.3 billion.

In 2012, the global hand and body care market is forecast to have a value of $11.1 billion, an increase of 19.3% since 2007.

The global hand and body care market grew by 1.9% in 2007 to reach a volume of 1.7 billion units.

In 2012, the global hand and body care market is forecast to have a volume of 1.8 billion units, an increase of 9.8% since 2007.

Sales of mass body care account for 47.8% of the global hand and body care market’s value.

Europe is the largest hand and body care market, accounting for 62% of the global market′s value.

Beiersdorf is the leading company in the global hand and body care market, holding a 14% market share by value.

Supermarkets and hypermarkets form the leading distribution channel for hand and body care products in the global market, accounting for 43.2% of the market’s value.

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Market Definition

The hand & body care market consists of mass and premium hand and body care products. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprise Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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