Mintel has undertaken some bold initiatives that provide crucial insight into current market conditions and approaches to a range of markets moving forward. Most dramatically, Mintel conducted an exhaustive re-evaluation of consumer market forecasts of our reports.

What this means is that you can now see, in a side-by-side comparison, how Mintel viewed the market at the time a report was published, and how we view projected market growth given the current recession. Each reforecast includes a brief statement of the new forecast, reasons for the change, and an overall assessment of the current state of the market.

In addition, you'll find value in Mintel Oxygen's What's Hot, Economy in Crisis page, which provides the latest in trends, market reactions and opportunities.