It is also hard to envision how Microsoft will grow beyond a distant third in consumer markets.
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Moving into the third quarter, Samsung will focus on expanding sales of premium products and stabilizing overseas operations in the face of a possible slowdown in emerging markets and weak consumer sentiment in developed markets.
The category is being compared with energy drinks and Greek yoghurt -- bright spots in declining consumer markets.
Unlike many Silicon Valley enthusiasts with DNA in consumer product markets, GE understands and can penetrate the institutional inertia in industrial markets.
Fast-food, we are reminded, has a continuous presence in markets where consumer are cutting back on spending and in emerging markets, where growth has been projected across the board for 2011.
While there may be decoupling in the physical, commerce and consumer markets, there is no decoupling in the financial markets.
Citi is bracing itself for continued weakness in the consumer credit markets, as indicated by rising delinquencies on home loans, auto loans, personal loans and credit cards.
At the same time, smartphone penetration has risen and as tends to be the case in most consumer electronic markets, incremental share gains will have to come from mid-and lower-tier price points.
What Mr. Roche leaves out is the enormous impact that outsourcing to China will have on world labor markets, the massive displacement that this will cause, and thus the offsetting negative effect--due to decreases in demand from laid-off workers in other parts of the world--on price deflation in consumer-goods markets.
However, the country's manufacturers are now looking to increase their shipments to China in a bid to take a share of one of the fastest growing economies and consumer markets in the world.
Right now Motorola is having a bumpy time in its consumer-paging and cellular markets in Asia.
But we think there is still margin improvement to be had and still growth in the consumer and industrial markets.
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There is significant demand potential for natural gas in the consumer and industrial markets due to its cost effectiveness and environmental friendliness.
The U.S. smartphone market is extremely crucial for handset makers since success here generally translates into positive consumer sentiment in other markets.
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Clevenger provides some useful historical context, noting a Gartner report in 2005 which said the most important trend in IT was the consumer markets leadership.
The pink newspaper points out that rising consumer revenues in emerging markets have been attracting unwanted attention from cash-strapped governments looking to alleviate their budget deficits.
Unfortunately, growth of consumer base in these markets is limited to population growth and market share gains involve aggressive marketing and advertising, putting strain on operating margins.
At the same time, Nokia is looking to penetrate the U.S. smartphone market, which is crucial for it since success here generally translates into positive consumer sentiment in other markets.
Ironically, these various controversies and challenges testify to the enormous growth and new investment activity that has brought the so-called "clean tech" industry increasingly into mainstream consumer markets in the past two years.
The slowing enterprise market, consumer softness in mature markets (US and Westerm Europe), slowing demand growth from emerging markets and the operating system transitions are some of the main factors leading to the current slump in PC shipments.
The slowing enterprise market, consumer softness in mature markets (U.S. and Western Europe), slowing demand from emerging markets, operating system transitions and cannibalization by tablets are some of the main factors leading to the current slump in PC shipments.
The slowing enterprise market, consumer softness in mature markets (US and Western Europe), slowing demand growth from emerging markets, operating system transitions and cannibalization by tablets are some of the main factors leading to the current slump in PC shipments.
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The slowing enterprise market, consumer softness in mature markets (US and Westerm Europe), slowing demand growth from emerging markets, operating system transitions and cannibalization by tablets are some of the main factors leading to the current slump in PC shipments.
The new boss says that risk appetite at the investment bank will be dialled back up again in due course, and that more capital will flow to other businesses such as retail banking in emerging markets, consumer credit and private banking.
The slowing enterprise market, consumer softness in mature markets (U.S. and Western Europe), slowing demand from emerging markets, a weak reception for Windows 8 OS and cannibalization by tablets and smartphones are the main factors leading to the slump in the PC market.
Codifying the legality of wireless device unlocking will provide the certainty that this law will not stand in the way of consumer rights and competitive markets, now or in the future.
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Playing the same strategy socially that we do in other markets but trying to unlock the consumer in that market.
The cut reflects destocking in some industrial supply chains that has sped up in the current quarter, the company said, pointing out softening demand in consumer electronics and continued weakness in housing and construction markets.
In fact, until this year Kimberly-Clark pretty reliably offered investors the things giant consumer-goods producers in mature markets have historically provided: Stability through downturns, plush capital-return policies to make up for the limited growth potential, and no big surprises.
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