The four Culture Industries Reports for the German state of NorthRhine-Westphalia focus primarily on important economic dimensions of the culture industries, including facts and trends on turnover, the labour market and structural features for both the state of NorthRhine-Westphalia and Germany as a whole. Each of the NRW Culture Industries Reports concentrates on a particular theme. The most recent (4th) report deals with linkages between the culture industries and other business sectors, namely tourism, the furniture and fashion industries, and real estate. It shows that there are a number of economic effects attributable to the culture industries which positively influence economic activities within other sectors, including content development, the supply of specific products and services, consumer behaviour, etc. Comparative chapters on Europe-wide developments are included in each of the 4 Reports.