Industry Analysis - A review of Firefighting Segments in the United States Firefighters The NFPA estimates that there is 1‚148‚100 firefighters in the United States‚ of these 29% or 332‚949 are professional/full time firefighters and 71% or 815‚151 are volunteer firefighters. (Source: US Fire Department Profile Through 2009‚ Michael J. Karter‚ Jr.‚ NFPA‚ Quincy‚ MA‚ October 2010). In the training/education industry as it pertains to firefighters we can assume that our customer market is comprised
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The textile industry is mainly a labor intensive industry as it provides livelihood to the huge population‚ mainly consist of unskilled workers‚ thus plays a pivotal role in the development of any economy. As this particular industry also comes under the basic necessities of human beings‚ it impacts a lot to the society as a whole. There has been increase in demand of textile products in last few decades globally‚ mainly due to rapidly changing social and
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ECONOMY Since the end of World War II‚ the Philippine economy has been on an unfortunate trajectory‚ going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid‚ but slowed over time. Years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. A severe recession from 1984 through 1985 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%‚ and
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LTE in Industry Verticals: Market Opportunities and Forecasts 2014 – 2019 th On 17 April 2014 Summary There is a rapidly growing demand for broadband-enabled data applications within certain vertical market segments including public safety‚ oil‚ gas and energy production‚ defense and others. Wireless infrastructure and support service providers are optimizing LTE as the technology of choice for general communications and various applications including remote data acquisition
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2 Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines Mari-Len Reyes-Macasaquit* The Philippine Institute for Development Studies‚ the Philippines Abstract The economic reform process in the Philippines was accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. The reforms were found to have yielded positive results in terms of the nature of industrial agglomeration in the country as this was found to have occurred in the 1990s based on the results of the survey and econometrics analyses. The latter also identified the
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Industry Analysis Overview of the Quick Service Industry The fast food‚ or quick service restaurant industry (QSR)‚ represents approximately 200‚000 restaurants and $155 billion in sales in the U.S. alone‚ they are one of the largest segments of the food industry (Hoovers‚ 2011). This segment of the restaurant industry is “highly competitive and fragmented… number‚ size and strength of competitors vary by region‚ market and even restaurant. All of these restaurants compete based on a number of
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Analysis of Industry This industry analysis will aid in discussing the industry in which Amazon.com will be located. Amazon.com is a part of the online retailing industry‚ which allows for consumers to purchase goods using the Internet and company websites. We will also determine how the company will compete in this industry. The online retail industry is affected by many trends in the general public. Some of these trends include‚ cultural trends‚ social trends‚ and technological trends. E-retail
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Nike’s Market Analysis Nike’s Market Analysis There are many companies offering similar but not identical products‚ this is called Monopolistic competition market‚ and there are also many buyers that perceive differences between these products like service‚ features‚ design and quality‚ so they are willing to pay different prices for them. Therefore‚ each firm influences each other on the extent of the product prices or has some control over some. For instance‚ exists different
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1) The First Question: The size of global wine industry ranged from 130 billion to 180 billion in retail sales. Three categories‚ table (< 14% alcohol volume) dessert or fortified (>14%) and sparkling (champagne). Table wine consumption stands for the dominate market share. There’re 5 segments‚ jug or commodity (< $3)‚ popular premium ($3-$7)‚ super premium ($7-$14)‚ ultra and luxury (>$25). Jug wine consumption is nearly 38% of case sale but only 13% of the retail sales. The economics
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Music Industry Analysis For most‚ it seems like a pretty bad time to be part of the music industry. Something that the music industry can do to find a way to increase profits would be to find a new way to develop new artists. Everyone is scared that when everyone is getting all these songs for free‚ it is the beginning of the end of the music industry and that the sky is falling. People from the music industry say they are losing money‚ but what really is happening is that when you
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