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Market Analysis & Industry Consulting Reports | Mintel

Industry Leading Household Market Research | Mintel

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Insurance Market Research and Market Analysis | Mintel

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Leading Food & Drink Market Research | Mintel

Industry Leading Government and Markets Research | Mintel

GNPD & Product Development Process Research | Mintel

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Spotlight - Mintel's market research & market insights blogwww.mintel.com/spotlight/	4
Market Intelligence, Solutions & Consumer Research \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/solutions/	3
Market Analysis & Industry Consulting Reports \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/products/	3
Industry Leading Household Market Research \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/industries/household/	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.mintel.com/	3
Insurance Market Research and Market Analysis \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/industries/insurance/	3
Page Not Found \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/invented-url-for-404-page/	3
Leading Food & Drink Market Research \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/industries/food-and-drink/	3
Industry Leading Government and Markets Research \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/industries/government/	3
GNPD & Product Development Process Research \| Mintelwww.mintel.com/products/gnpd	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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