Changing Demographics 12-Jul-10 1910We gave a presentation on changing UK demographics at the Marketing Week Conference in June 2010. This is the slide pack from that presentation, which focuses on the changes in the population over the next five years and the issues for retailers. It concentrates on the 15-24 year olds and the mature shopper and highlights the issues and opportunities for retailers.The scope of this report includes UK...more
2010 U.S. Construction Machinery Manufacturing Industry ReportThe U.S Construction Machinery Manufacturing Industry report, published annually by contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. New to the report this year are:...more
2010 U.S. CD, Record & Tape Recording Industry Report The U.S. CD, Record & Tape Recording report, published annually by contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. New to the report this year are: financial ratios, number of firms and payroll estimates. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including prerecorded or mass produced CDs, records and tapes. Table of Contents : Users' Guide Industry Definition and Related Industries Industry Establishments Sales and Employment Trends Financial Ratios Establishments Firms and Payroll Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Industry Sales ($Millions) Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Number of Establishments Sub-Industries - 2009 Estimated Number of Employees 5-Year Trend - Estimated Industry Sales...more
2010 U.S. Business & Secretarial Schools Industry ReportThe U.S Business & Secretarial Schools Industry report, published annually by contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally...more
Driven by the need from a variety of industries, including tire, shoe-making, pesticide, forage, coating, toothpaste and others, China's WCB industry has been expanding rapidly in recent years. In 2007, the output of WCB was 620,000 tons in China, while the demand 422,000 tons.Figure: Outputs & Demand of WCB in China 2004-2007China has now become a...more
With the extensive application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, especially the popularization of both non-contact IC cards in public transportation and campus IC cards, there have already been some homegrown manufacturers, of RFID chips, encapsulation, read/write terminals, and system integration, which have grasped relatively mature technologies and formed a primary RFID industrial chain in China.Figure: Size of RFID Market in China 2004-20091. StandardsSince 13.56MHz RFID technology has developed for a rather long time, the related standards are more mature. At present there are mainly two 13.56MHz international standards: ISO/IEC14443 and ISO/IEC 15693. The 13.56MHz RFID standard of China its own originated mainly from the two international standards. For example, the second-generation identity cards in China is based on ISO/IEC 14443-B, while IC cards in public transportation and campus cards on ISO/IEC14443-A. By contrast, ISO/IEC 15693 is rarely applied in China and the typical application is student preferential cards.2. Chip DesignAlthough China's homegrown enterprises had a late start in RFID chip designing, they have been catching up with the advanced...more
Although China's general electricity generation has been increasing by more than 10% almost every year since 2000, the construction of power grids have been unable to satisfy the demand for power. The annual growth rate of China's investment in grid...more
To guarantee the country's energy source security against the background of rapid growth of oil import in the past few years, Beijing proposed the strategic plans of China's focusing on coal-based alcohol-ether fuels, methanol-based alkene, and...more
Samyang Genex Corporation (3940) - Financial and Strategic Analysis ReviewSamyang Genex Corporation (SGC) is engaged in the manufacture and commercialization of food ingredients on a global platform. The company specializes in the production of...more
For many service business owners, marketing can be a real mystery. We don't really know exactly how it works. We're not real sure about what works best for us. And probably because of some past frustrations, we're not even sure where to start. Most...more
Spam has become a scourge that plagues anyone using a computer around the world and is costing businesses astronomical amounts of money each year. There is nothing innocent about spam, even if you think of it only as unwanted business solicitations....more
Today, people around the globe use Google, Yahoo, Bing as the popular search engines to get relevant information from themselves Due to the vast reach of the web, professionals are using innovative and upgraded techniques to make their business...more