Single-use plastics have been in the news a lot lately, and the news isn't good. Once vaunted for their convenience, disposable plastic products have come under fire in recent years as evidence of the environmental damage they can cause piles up – sometimes literally.

Scan through the latest headlines from Marketresearch.com's publishing brands, where this week's topics included retail-ready packaging, the roofing industry, the weight loss market, tips on leveraging market research, and more.

The ongoing recovery of the U.S. building market has had a notable impact on a few of the key construction sectors covered in-depth by The Freedonia Group, including the roofing industry.

It's been a busy week for the analysts from Simba Information, Packaged Facts, The Freedonia Group, and Freedonia Focus Reports! 

Catch up on our recent headlines, including the latest on research funding policy, the food market, trends in flooring, data privacy, additive manufacturing, STM publishing, and more.

Scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing exceeds $25 billion annually, and its leading competitors consistently post adjusted profit margins that exceed 30%, according to our research at Simba Information. 

However, these same STM publishers are facing disruption in the face of a movement to create open access to the scholarly research they publish. 

Catch up with the latest articles from Marketresearch.com's publishing brands, including analysis from The Freedonia Group and Simba Information. 

This week's insights span across the latest innovations in the lawn and garden industry, e-commerce and its effects on the box market, new headwinds against big tech companies, and much more. Read on to find out!

The global video surveillance market generated a revenue of $32.00 billion in 2017 and is estimated to achieve $36.54 billion in 2018, according to a market intelligence report published by BIS Research.

Many have questioned whether China can move from "the world's factory” for consumer goods, electronics, and commodities, into technologically complex biologics.

Scan through this week's headlines from The Freedonia Group, Packaged Facts, and more. Analysts dug into topics related to residential roofing, the EU's common agricultural policy, the relationship between online shopping and pet food, the lawn and garden market, and retail clinics.

In 2018, the U.S. retail health market continued to adapt and change. While much of the recent news cycle has been dominated by talk of the mega-merger between CVS (operator of the MinuteClinic) and Aetna, another key industry player – Walgreens Boots Alliance – has been quietly growing its already expansive network of partnerships with regional health systems and other entities.