well-established ones having over 50 branded agarbattis. Nearly 12 lakh people are directly or indirectly employed by the industry. India is exporting a wide range of agarbattis or incense sticks that have natural‚ exotic fragrances extracted from jasmine‚ sandalwood (chandan) and rose. These fragrances spread the ambience and tranquility. The incense sticks are packaged attractively. The agarbatti industry depends heavily on forest products for raw materials—a natural advantage since nature has bestowed upon it
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Computer Industry Analysis "Laptop prices hit new low" Summary: The article "Laptop prices hit new lows" by Gary McWilliams focuses on the computer industry‚ and how prices have evolved during past 5 years‚ specifically 2001-2005. The article reports that the prices of laptop computers have decrease substantially over the past 5 years. The average price for a laptop hit a new low in 2005 of about $1000; a decrease of about $250 from last year‚ and more than $600 from year 2001. In the past
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outlook for the US lodging industry 7 Our chain scale outlook 16 An eye on supply 25 Contact us 26 Fewer vacancies‚ higher rates Aside from weakness in markets with a heavy dependence on the federal government‚ such as the Washington DC metro area‚ the year has been characterized by continued gains in occupancy levels with steadily increasing ADR. Our expectation for RevPAR growth of 5.5% for the year is short of the 6.7% gain achieved by the industry last year‚ but represents
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II – Industry Analysis 2.1 Industry Description This industry analysis will aid in researching the industry which is the Snack Food industry. We can also determine how the company will compete in the industry. 2.2 Industry Trends The progressively improved Philippine economy towards 2012 and 2013 was seen to benefit sweet and savoury snacks. Also‚ the higher purchasing power translated into greater purchasing ability even for more expensive sweet and savoury snacks‚ allowing greater room
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providing for their needs‚ and treating them as equals. Cultures and subcultures vary in the extent to which one is expected to show hospitality to strangers‚ as opposed to personal friends or members of one’s in-group. The hospitality service industry includes hotels‚ casinos‚ and resorts‚ which offer comfort and guidance to strangers‚ whether it be commercial (for monetary gain) or non-commercial (not for profit). The terms hospital‚ hospice‚ and hostel also derive from "hospitality‚" and these
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even though‚ the semiconductor is still a young industry but the growth of production has been astounding. In fact since 1980‚ the semiconductor industry is probably the fastest growing industry in the world. The global sales’ figures have shown an impressive growth from $bn 10 and $bn 210 in 1980 and 2004 respectively. The global market has been trebling every five years (Dicken‚ 2010). In order to interpret the phenomenal of semiconductor industry there a numbers of reasons for the industry’s rapid
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the
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A brief description of the industry: The Computer And Peripherals Industry is composed of a diverse group of companies. It produces a wide range of products for sale to just about all businesses and consumers. The industry tends to lead the economic cycle‚ and is very competitive. This industry markets a wide range of products and services‚ many of which are tied to mainframe and server computers‚ personal computers‚ and storage devices. A number of offerings include gear to connect this hardware
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY The telecommunication industry is considered a vital part of our everyday lives. Although it only represents about 2.4 percen‚ the services it provides are important to other sectors in the economy. One of the most debatable topics in economics is the Telecommunication Act of 1996‚ and according to the Federal Communication Commission‚ “It is the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in almost 62 years. The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge and extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following persons who have made the completion of this case study report possible‚ firstly to my course instructor Sir Butt for his vital encouragement and support‚ my friend Wajeeha who really helped me by correcting me with some of my queries about some portion of the case and last but not the least thanks to my family for their outmost support. One again thanks to my PROFFESSOR Sir Butt who gave me the opportunity
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