Check out all the latest headlines from MarketResearch.com and its publishers, with this week's analysis covering the rising popularity of mobile payments, dialysis clinic market drivers, top educational publishers in the K-12 market, and much more.

Kidney dialysis is a life or death, crucial healthcare service that costs about $90,000 per year per patient. The large competitors have enjoyed a near monopoly for years, but changes are coming that could hamper that growth and profitability.

In June 2019, Illinois became the eleventh U.S. state to legalize recreational (i.e., adult use, nonmedical) marijuana, and just the second in the Midwest after Michigan to clear the way for adult marijuana retail markets to form. Furthermore, in July 2019, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act received a historic first hearing in congress – underscoring that legal weed is no longer just a west coast phenomenon.

Take a break from the heat with some ice cold industry analysis from The Freedonia Group, Freedonia Focus Reports, and more!  Articles this week covered the impact of bikesharing on bike shops, new cannabis laws and packaging, water treatment companies, and electric vehicle charging systems.

Though fragmented in terms of overall market share, the global water treatment industry is generally dominated by major international suppliers of equipment and chemicals, though smaller, more local manufacturers can play a significant role in driving the market. The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, has years of experience examining this diverse industry, with a full catalog of reports focused on water treatment products and key market participants.

An electric vehicle fast charging system is an essential component of the electric vehicle ecosystem and is used to charge batteries of electric vehicles faster than other chargers. These chargers supply electric energy to the electric vehicle to charge the battery of both electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Catch up on all the latest from The Freedonia Group, Packaged Facts, and Simba Information. This week's headlines include air and noise pollution, the grocery shopping habits of the affluent, disruption in the market for K-12 instructional materials, and more.

Internet of Things (IoT) is a mega trend that is driving digitization across multiple industries, both at enterprise and consumer levels. While IoT devices may appear as a simple idea, actual implementation is complex as they require high-performance hardware platforms equipped with an integrated architecture of components for computing, sensing, and wireless communication.

Physical therapy services provide a cost-effective way to prevent short-term disabilities from becoming chronic conditions, to help avoid invasive procedures, to speed recovery from surgery and musculoskeletal injuries and to eliminate or minimize the need for opioids.

Be sure to catch up on all the latest insights and analysis from Packaged Facts and Simba Information, covering topics in global pet care, public school enrollment, the wealth gap, and more.