Current options for such insights include incumbents like Datassential, Mintel and Technomic.
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Mintel, a consumer analyst, reckons nightclubs will lose 12% of their customers by 2009.
But it fell flat, says Lynn Dornblaser, director of innovation and insight for market research firm Mintel.
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But research by consumer analysts Mintel has found many people are concerned about the safety of complementary medicines.
Mintel categorises 23% of the population as meat-reducers, people attempting to eat less meat, probably mainly for health reasons.
In the framework of the Digital Ecuador Strategy, MINTEL plans to support the implementation of these initiatives, strengthening the technological transformation of the country.
And one-fifth, according to Mintel, like to have meat every day.
"We have never seen the richness of offers we are seeing today, " said Anuj Shahani, director of key accounts at Mintel Comperemedia, a market research firm.
According to Mintel Compermedia, credit card offers have more than doubled from 551 million at the end of 2009 to 1.4 billion at the end of 2010.
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After rising for more than half a century, British crisp sales peaked in 2003 and have since slipped by almost 8%, according to Mintel, a research group.
Market analysts Mintel say "a notable pool of consumers are becoming more discerning when it comes to their choice of chocolate and are actively seeking out more top-end brands".
Smart business operators respond to consumer demand: 67 percent of Americans, according to a survey last year by market research firm Mintel, choose healthy foods to get or stay well.
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According to Mintel, a market research firm, there are about half a million people traveling overseas in some form of volunteering activity from the UK alone and over two million across Europe.
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Despite the long-term growth of the eating-out sector in the UK, it is currently battling against a volatile economy and changes in disposable incomes, according to the latest statistics from retail analysts Mintel.
Richard Perks, director of Retail Research at industry analysis company MINTEL, said Europe's luxury brands have remained relatively unaffected by reduced retail spending because the global consumer base for luxury goods is growing.
Still, two-thirds of respondents in a survey conducted by the market research firm Mintel Group Ltd. said they would stop using their debit card or switch to another issuer if their bank charged a fee.
On the other hand, 77 percent rank taste as the top priority for a restaurant dinner, and 44 percent say satisfying hunger matters most, according to the responses reported in June by Mintel, a market research firm.
Mintel, in its research report dated 2008, attributes this growth to the increasing appetite for new experiences with a philanthropic bent as well as increasing prevalence of career gaps at all life stages, from pre-university to retirement.
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For the first time in two years, issuers increased their direct-mail offers in the fourth quarter of last year, while the percentage of offers that charged a fee for a reward program jumped to 29% from 11% in early 2008, according to Mintel Comperemedia.
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