IT Systems Management: Exploiting the Infrastructure for Business Value Traditionally data centres have been managed in silo'ed teams dictated by the historic differences between the technologies such as network, storage, UNIX servers, Windows systems, and mainframes; these silos have generated highly specialist resources and management tools, which do not easily integrate to provide an end-to-end perspective of the service IT is delivering...more
International Retail in the UKThe UK is often seen by international retailers as a stepping stone to Continental Europe, and by other European retailers as a natural market extension, yet they often underestimate the challenges. They face a mature, low growth market, and a demanding consumer. This brief analyses their impact on each sector, their strategies, the threats to incumbent businesses and the issues.The scope of the report includes:-...more
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 population changes 2009-2015 and retail growth rates together with the change in numbers of 15-24 year olds, their shopping propensities in different sectors, drivers of loyalty by gender and spend per head.Also provided are the changes to 65+s and the male shopper, plus the electrical shopper and different loyalty drivers by age and gender. A summary and recommendations on retailer responses is also provided.HighlightsThe two largest sections of the UK population are getting bigger over the next five years and while one has no spending power at all, the other's power is declining.The 15-24 year old age group is declining and has increasing pressure on its disposable income, and men and women in this age group have different drivers of loyalty,...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)...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...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 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 business college and trade reporting schools. 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...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,...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...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