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		  <title><![CDATA[Germans are still bookworms]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[March 12, 2010 - In spite of living in a digital age of computers and television, the reading of books remains one of the most popular leisure activities. The latest analysis from GfK Panel Services shows that some 36 million Germans bought books last year. And they did not stop at just one. Over the course of the year, every customer purchased 11 books on average, spending approximately EUR 110 in total.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-03-12T09:46:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Internet shopping continues to gain ground in Germany]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[March 3, 2010 – Last year, German consumers spent around EUR 15.5 billion on goods and services online. Overall, e-commerce sales recorded a significant increase of 14%. These are the findings of the WebScope panel, through which GfK Panel Services Germany continuously surveys the purchasing of products on the world wide web. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-03-03T14:26:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Western Europe’s Technical Consumer Goods Market improves slightly despite crisis]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[March 2, 2010 – In the fourth quarter of 2009, consumers in Western Europe spent almost EUR 55 billion on technical consumer goods, which means an increase of 0.5% compared to the same quarter of 2008. After three quarters of continuous but alleviating decline in 2009, the fourth quarter shows pleasing growth despite the crisis and many markets become positive. For the fourth quarter some of the major markets in Western Europe like Germany, France and Italy even encountered around a 4.0% increase. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-03-02T12:35:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Emerging Markets in Asia: Recession, what Recession?]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 23, 2010 - With the close of the year the picture looks optimistic for Major and Small Domestic Appliances in Asia.]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2010, GfK-Digital World takes stock of a sector undergoing massive change ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 16, 2010 - The Mobile World Congress which takes place in February 2010 in Barcelona, will allow all key participants in the global Telco industry to assess the market situation and regroup. Ahead of this, GfK-Digital World evaluates the Mobile and Smartphone sectors and focuses on what 2010 may bring.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-02-16T14:58:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[German organic sector defies the crisis ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 16, 2010 – The organic sector was able to sustain its position in 2009, despite the financial crisis. The quantity of organic food and drink sold increased by 2%. However, falling prices reduced consumer expenditure by approximately 1%. Organic products have been appealing to the whole population for some time. According to an analysis by GfK Panel Services, which was presented at the international BioFach trade fair in Nuremberg today, 94% of German households purchased organic products last year, spending an average of EUR 84.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-02-16T10:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Technical consumer goods market improves despite crisis  ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 11, 2010 – The overall market for technical consumer goods in Germany was able to view the final quarter of the 2009 crisis year positively, having recorded a market volume of EUR 12.5 billion. This is the greatest ever measured in the history of the GfK TEMAX® index. The fourth quarter closed with sales growth of 4%, and as a result the year as a whole ended with 1.1% growth and a pleasing total volume of EUR 42.2 billion.]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Scrapping Bonus Boosts Austrian Cold market]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 9, 2010 - How effective are incentive programs for energy efficient appliances? This is just one of the many questions that will be answered at the upcoming GfK Global Domestic Appliances Conference held on March 11th in Milan. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-02-09T10:30:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[SDA Western Europe in 2009 – Most key markets still widely unaffected by economic crisis]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 2, 2010 - In total, consumers spent EUR 8.5 billion (GfK panel market) on Small Domestic Appliances in 2009 in the ten Western European Countries, showing a slight positive development (+0.4% in Euro) compared to total year 2008. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-02-02T09:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[A Great Year for Consumer Laptops in 2009 - What will be the 2010 Success Story?]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[January 26, 2010 – With the CES in Las Vegas now over for another year, it’s time to assess the market and take stock. Just what are the new technological products for 2010?]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-01-26T14:18:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[German travel market remains uncertain in 2010 ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[January 15, 2010 – The signs of economic recovery are not yet resulting in a return to normal vacation behavior among consumers. So far, Germans have planned 55.4 million vacations of more than five days for the 2010 tourism year, which runs from November 2009 to October 2010. This corresponds to 3.7% fewer than in the same period of the prior year. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-01-14T13:00:00Z</dc:date>
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