Although clearly different by industry, examples of trends in industry competition are:
- ‘Bellwether’ group ABB publishes Q3 results slightly up (27/10/11)
- Non-food retailing down as costs of food, fuel and utilities increase. (7/10/11)
- Global manufacturing landscape shifts as Chinese labour costs rise (7/10/11)
- Pharma companies introduce tiered pricing as they realise that emerging markets are growth markets (26/9/11)
- Manufacturing and mid-sized companies are unexpected sources of growth (4/10/11)
- Mobile phone operators are consolidating in the face of rising capital infrastructure costs, and lower revenues (21/9/11)
- Samsung grows smartphone sales fourfold despite ‘recession’ (28/10/11)
- Media: Yahoo and ABC News pooling online resources (4/10/11)
- Bourses in emerging markets to cross-list futures and options (13/10/11)
- Airlines (especially low-cost) are feeling the pinch. (4/10/11)
- BA returns to an earlier age, positioning as ‘service’ airline (21/9/11)
- Activist shareholders pressure large companies for sell-offs (13/10/11)
- European carbon trading will hit airline profits (19/9/11)
- Tescos delays launch of new bank (21/9/11)
- UK showing ‘shift to manufacturing’ (19/9/11)
- Industrial metals (such as copper, zinc, platinum) show more price stability than precious metals (silver, gold) (27/9/11)
- Defence follows music/retail into cyberspace (11/10/11)
- Cargill profits down two thirds on financial market volatility (11/10/11)
Other specific trends will affect individual businesses.
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