The Pharmaceutical Wholesale and Distribution Industry Outlook & Analysis 2008 The major problem facing the Wholesale & Distribution industry is its low profit margin which is in the region of only 1-2%. However, this market is entering into a crucial period with many key products losing patent protection, facing heavy generic competition. As generics are priced lower than their branded counterparts, the actual dollar profit on them taken by...more
The Oil Industry Is Here To Stay A Worldwide Assessment of Current Issues The oil and gas industry is both essential to the modern economy and a source of environmental pollution, and hence is inherently controversial. What are its prospects? What are its origins? What international regulatory challenges is it facing? And what opportunities are there for the oil and gas industry when working with and alongside international organizations?...more
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 to the business. In fact these silo'ed teams often drive the technology selection process in organisations, which to a large extent is governed by the existing skills within the IT department. This approach has created tensions between the requirements of the business users, and the capabilities to manage the technology of the IT department. The result of this silo'ed approach is that IT resources are locked in to technologies, and organisations face expensive retraining or new hiring cost if technologies new to the organisation are selected. The new more holistic approach to Systems Management is that of simplification, so that the IT department can manage the technology stack at a higher level, and therefore enable it to manage a wider...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...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...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: 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 crushers, grinders, backhoes, tractors, cranes, plows and forestry related machinery. 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...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...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...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