--- title: "Monthly Recap: Our Top News Headlines from October 2021" description: MarketResearch.com's trusted research brands were recently featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, The Seattle Times, and a variety of trade publications image: https://blog.marketresearch.com/hubfs/Images/Blog_Images/MonthlyRecap_1000.jpg --- [![MarketResearch.com](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hub/209482/file-22777923.gif?width=295&height=66&name=file-22777923.gif "MarketResearch.com")](https://www.marketresearch.com/) [Market Research Blog](https://blog.marketresearch.com/) # Monthly Recap: Our Top News Headlines from October 2021 by [Sarah Schmidt](https://blog.marketresearch.com/author/sarah-schmidt), on November 1, 2021 ![MonthlyRecap_1000](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog_Images/MonthlyRecap_1000.jpg?width=300&name=MonthlyRecap_1000.jpg)MarketResearch.com's trusted research brands Packaged Facts, The Freedonia Group, and Simba Information were recently featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, The Seattle Times, and a variety of trade publications. See a quick summary of recent market data that received news coverage. ### [**The Wall Street Journal**: The Multibillion Dollar Dogfight Over Your Pet’s Prescription](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-multibillion-dollar-dogfight-over-your-pets-prescription-11634122801) Medication sales—including over-the-counter and prescription—added up to roughly $10.8 billion in 2020, according to Packaged Facts, whose data shows that the category has grown at a healthy compound average growth rate of roughly 9% since 2017.  ### [Fortune: You're Snacking More When Working from Home Too, Right?](https://fortune.com/2021/10/06/snacking-more-working-from-home-office-breaks-health-work/) In a survey by market researchers at The Freedonia Group conducted in August and September, 31% of Americans said they are eating more snacks and treats because of the pandemic, but 51% of those working remotely are eating more. "Access to the kitchen is one reason," Jennifer Mapes-Christ, the food team leader at Freedonia, explained. ### [**Forbes**: How to Quit Your Job and Grow a Houseplant Empire](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lmowery/2021/10/27/how-to-quit-your-job-and-grow-a-houseplant-empire/?sh=22a38f925c7f4) A funny thing happened during the pandemic: sales of gardening supplies from dirt, plants, even watering cans, spiked nearly 9% in 2020, according to a report by the Freedonia Group. “With stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, and other public-health measures, many consumers, bored at home, picked up gardening as a hobby,” the report states. ### [**Forbes**: 4 Ways the Meat Industry Can Avoid Getting Skewered](https://www.forbes.com/sites/hankcardello/2021/09/30/4-ways-the-meat-industry-can-avoid-getting-skewered/?sh=1bf8b1514707) A Packaged Facts report notes that the majority (53%) of consumers are primarily omnivorous, yet 36% of consumers now identify themselves as flexitarian because they regularly mix up their diet with vegan or vegetarian meals. ### [**The Seattle Times**: Blowers, Mowers and More: American Yards Quietly Go Electric](https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/at-home/blowers-mowers-and-more-american-yards-quietly-go-electric/) The battery-powered lawn equipment sector is growing at a rate three times faster than gas, according to the Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com. ### [**The Motley Fools**: Better Buy: Olo vs. Toast](https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/10/15/better-buy-olo-vs-toast/) A very big restaurant industry is getting even bigger. Consumer spending on restaurants is expected to increase from $863 billion in 2019 to $1.1 trillion by 2024, according to The Freedonia Group. ### [**CStore Decisions**: How Did COVID-19 Impact Meat Snack Sales at C-Stores](https://cstoredecisions.com/2021/10/26/how-did-covid-19-impact-meat-snack-sales-at-c-stores/) Convenience stores overall reported reduced sales during the height of the pandemic period as fewer people were commuting or traveling, confirmed Jennifer Mapes-Christ and analyst Cara Rasch of The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com. ### [**Pet Product News**: How Pet Services Will Bounce Back from Pandemic Setbacks](https://www.petproductnews.com/news/how-pet-services-will-bounce-back-from-pandemic-setbacks/article_a35f348a-30e3-11ec-84ef-33580009efd0.html) Although the pet industry is famously downturn-resistant, hands-on pet care services outside of the veterinary sector—grooming, boarding, pet sitting/walking, and training—were inherently vulnerable to COVID-19 setbacks, according to market research firm Packaged Facts. ### [The Bookseller: Third of All Global Research Articles Now Published Open Access, Say STM](https://www.thebookseller.com/news/third-all-global-research-articles-now-published-open-access-says-stm-1284974) Data from Simba Information also predicted journals will overtake books as the largest social sciences and humanities activity by 2025. ### [**Concrete Products**: Landscaping Market Report: Modest, Sustained Growth Ahead](https://concreteproducts.com/index.php/2021/10/11/landscaping-market-report-modest-sustained-growth-ahead/) A new analysis from building and construction market researcher Freedonia forecasts demand for landscaping products in residential applications will grow 2.3 percent per year through 2025, to $7.2 billion.  ### [**Builder**: Builders Choose Fiberglass as a Fast, Safe, and Sustainable Insulation for Today’s Homes](https://www.builderonline.com/products/builders-choose-fiberglass-as-a-fast-safe-and-sustainable-insulation-for-todays-homes) In fact, the Global Fiberglass Insulation report conducted in 2019 by The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, found that the demand for insulation in the US was “expected to increase 4.3% annually through 2023 to $12.1 billion. ### [**Pet Food Processing**: Slideshow: Behind the Scenes at NaturPak Pet](https://www.petfoodprocessing.net/articles/15160-slideshow-behind-the-scenes-at-naturpak-pet) Market research firm Packaged Facts listed meal toppers and add-ins as a key growth area in 2019 and, in a 2020 survey of pet owners by the same firm, 16% of dog owners and 14% of cat owners had already purchased a meal topper product, with 44% reporting they generally liked the idea of meal toppers. ### [**IEE Spectrum**: A Dab of Sunscreen Key to Solar Windows That Last Decades](https://spectrum.ieee.org/solar-windows) By 2023, global demand for flat glass is forecast to reach 11.9 billion square meters as building construction and manufacturing activity expands worldwide, according to The Freedonia Group. ### [**Farm Progress**: What Flexitarians Want](https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/what-flexitarians-want) A national online consumer survey, conducted by the market research firm Packaged Facts in August 2020, found that 36% of the respondents identified themselves as flexitarian. Most respondents — 53% — said they were omnivorous, and 8% identified as following vegan and vegetarian diets. ### [**Happiful**: How Can Baking Improve Wellbeing?](https://happiful.com/how-can-baking-improve-wellbeing/) At the start of lockdown, demand for baking ingredients sored and, according to a forecast by Packaged Facts – a market research organisation – there’s no sign of interest drying up. ### [**Pet Product News**: These Bird Toy Attributes Are Resonating with Pet Owners](https://www.petproductnews.com/current-issue/these-bird-toy-attributes-are-resonating-with-pet-owners/article_a79a6a6e-17e9-11ec-91fe-5b58244a5da5.html) A pandemic-driven acquisition spree raised ownership of pets other than dogs and cats to the highest level in a decade for three of the four main “other pet” types, with pet birds being the exception, according to market research firm Packaged Facts. 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