The $1.5 billion dollar meal kit delivery industry is a godsend for consumers who are strapped for time but still want quality meals. While the industry has matured in recent years, new entrants continue to target specialized niche markets that are sometimes overlooked by more established and widely known companies.

Packaged Facts takes a look at 10 up-and-coming meal kit services (listed alphabetically) that are emerging in this exciting market.

As technology changes and consumer preferences shift, the competitive landscape enters a state of flux. This week's blog posts explore several dynamic markets including paving asphalt, dairy and dairy alternatives, and natural food coloring.

Two additional posts discuss the role of disruption and include tips for navigating a volatile market.

Disruptive innovation has the power to transform the market landscape and topple industry giants. Take Kodak, Blockbuster, or Borders as examples.

In hindsight, disruption may seem inevitable. But charting the course of technological innovation and predicting its impact in real time is complex and challenging.

This week's round-up brings you the latest insights from a variety of industry analysts at top market research publishers, including The Freedonia Group, Packaged Facts, and Simba Information.

Plus, don't miss a new thought-provoking article written by MarketResearch.com Founder and CEO Robert Granader tackling the thorny issue of fake news and fake research.

Self-driving cars represent the next generation of personal vehicles. Self-driving cars with artificial intelligence are starting to be used in 2017 and will gain more use in 2018.

By 2021, all the new personal vehicles being sold will have autonomous capability, which has the potential to increase performance and safety dramatically. 

Quickly scan important new findings on the markets for dog toys, health care, professional services, textbooks, and more.

Plus, download a new white paper from Packaged Facts, Terminology Tempest in the Dairy Case, which explores the debate over the use of the words “milk” or “butter” to describe plant-based alternatives.

Check any trade magazines such as Microwaves & RF or Microwave Journal, and it rapidly becomes clear that most manufacturers of RF modules offer their products in connectorized form. In this context, connectorized means metal or plastic containers that have standard coaxial connectors screwed into place for the signal lines. But this somewhat old-fashioned approach is steadily coming to an end — or at least toward merely a trickle.

Life sciences tends to be a source of competitive and investor interest, because of its potential role in fighting disease and increasing human health. We asked one of our publishers, Kalorama Information, to talk about its recently published market studies. The publisher noted the following areas of health care.

The professional services market is growing rapidly, according to the recently published report Professional Services Market Global Report 2017 by The Business Research Company. The market is forecast to register a 5.4% growth rate from 2016 to 2020, reaching almost $5 trillion.

Are you looking to keep up with new industry trends and up-to-the-minute market research? 

Check out this week's weekly wrap-up for information on health care, telecom, the cruise industry, banking, roofing, and much more.