The industry trends are changing, with consumers becoming health savvy.
Consumer preferences have changed from carbonated beverages to
low-calorie healthy drinks, for two reasons- weight control, and
adopting a healthy lifestyle. However, neither Coca-Cola, with its Diet
Coke, or PepsiCo, with its Diet Pepsi, have been able to discover an
alternative to natural cane sugar.
Carbonated drinks have been losing ground, with their sales going up to only 2.2%
year-over-year in 2012. Companies making such beverages have been
losing their market position, with consumers moving from carbonated
drinks to beverages like sports drinks and ready-to-drink tea. With that
stated, there is a boom in the bottled water category. Consumers are
now opting for flavored water over harmful carbonated beverages. The
energy drinks industry is growing four times more, as compared to the
carbonated drinks industry. Read More:
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Marissa Mayer Plays Her Cards Right
Google Inc.'s triumph is remarkable. The expression, 'Just Google It,'
could be considered as a part of the English dictionary. However, its
biggest competitor, Yahoo! Inc, beat the company by driving unique
traffic to its search engines in US.
Yahoo had outdone Google back in May 2011, and history repeated itself in July 2013. Yahoo received 196.5m unique visitors in the US, while Google had 192.3m. Yahoo's stock price rose up to 3.1% when the news broke into the market. This event raised three questions- is Yahoo going to make a comeback? Will it take over the lion's share as the most efficient search engine? Also, is Marissa Mayer, who was a part of Google Search, Google Email, Google Images etc a major success, the key player behind this? Read More:
Yahoo had outdone Google back in May 2011, and history repeated itself in July 2013. Yahoo received 196.5m unique visitors in the US, while Google had 192.3m. Yahoo's stock price rose up to 3.1% when the news broke into the market. This event raised three questions- is Yahoo going to make a comeback? Will it take over the lion's share as the most efficient search engine? Also, is Marissa Mayer, who was a part of Google Search, Google Email, Google Images etc a major success, the key player behind this? Read More:
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United States
Verizon Takes The Bigger Slice Of The Cake In Postpaid Smartphone Subscribers
Smartphones and tablets are the new mode of communication. Ericsson
Research is of the view that in 2015, 95% of mobile revenues will
revolve around wireless data utilization. Every five years, the revenue
per user for wireless date is increasing at an annual rate of 16%. This is the reason companies providing wireless services are focusing on postpaid consumers. Read More:
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United States
The Smartphone Industry Is Doing The Talking In The Emerging Markets
In 2008, smartphones had a little share of 11% in the global cellphone
industry. By 2012, the market for android phones boomed, with the market
share of smartphones rising up to a good 44%.
Statistics show that 1.7 billion phones were sold globally, out of
which 712 million were smartphones. There is one key reason behind this-
the emerging markets focus on price, since the consumers are price
conscious. Rightly so, the consumers would always opt for an affordable
smartphone, as the emerging markets are providing them with innumerous
varieties.Read More:
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United States
Hewlett-Packard In Hot Water
The CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman, announced a restructuring plan
for the company in 2012. The reasons for this are crystal clear. PC
shipments are to decline to an 8%, according to the International Data
Corporation (IDC).
The dynamics in the technology sector are changing at a rapid pace.
Smartphones and tablets have made their way in the lives of the
consumers, giving the personal computing industry a run for their money.
Smartphone shipments are to grow 40% YoY within this year. So, where does HP stand? Read More:
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United States
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Africa- The Future Land Of Investments
A major chunk of Africa's population consists of working age citizens. The African economy savings to GDP ratio is 23.69%. Together
with that, Africa is rich in natural resources. For the past seven
years, Africa's GDP growth rate has been above 5%. Statistics suggest
future GDP growth is going to occur at approximately 5.3% in 2014.
Within the next three decades, Africa will have a bigger work
population, as most of Africa's current population is twenty years of
age. Investors are showing interest in the continent, for these obvious
reasons.Read More:
Nike On The Roll
Nike experienced revenue growths of 16%, solely because of its footwear
brand, Converse. Nike's footwear segment collaborates to a major chunk
if the brand's stock price, i.e approximately 40% YTD. Its footwear
stands at a 57% of its total revenues. The company's major markets are
Europe, China, and America, with 41%
of its total revenues coming from North America. Nike's shares went up
over 6.5%, right after the company announced its earnings of $0.9/share
for the first quarter of FY14.. Read More:
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United States
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