Equipment rental centers were hard-hit by the subprime mortgage crisis. Falling construction levels caused rentals of construction equipment, a major source of industry revenue, to suffer. Better times are ahead, as the economic recovery will drive up construction and renovations. To save money, households and businesses will opt to rent equipment rather than purchase them. Rental centers will have to remain wary of rising theft, but... full story ![]()
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Ever considered starting a business to sell shoes online? A recent IBISWorld report pits the industry as one of eight excellent opportunities for startups. The business of online shoe sales might seem a bit random, but consider the success of Zappos, for instance. In fact Amazon's online shoe retailer fits perfectly into the IBISWorld report's thesis....
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Springtime means the official start of wedding season, that glorious spell extending roughly from April to October when beaming brides-to-be get a shine in their eye for all things wedding-related. Market research specialist IBISWorld puts the size of the wedding industry and related services at a whopping $50.6 billion. As consumers expand their...
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Wondering what field you or your children should go into? IBISWorld, an independent publisher of U.S. industry research, has a new report out about 10 leading wage-earning industries across the finance, healthcare and tech sectors that need highly-educated and skilled workers and whose jobs require years of training and sophisticated skills. Read full article >>
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St. Patrick's Day is the single highest sales day for Irish pubs in Naples and one of the busiest drinking holidays for area liquor stores. IBISWorld, a market research company, estimates that the $28.2 billion United States breweries industry will earn a
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The rental market in Toronto condominiums is heating up, with increasing numbers of units being leased rather than sold and rents continuing to rise in the first quarter of 2013, an analysis by the market research company Urbanation suggests.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The market has a tendency to pause and reconsider its direction immediately following a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve, cautioned an analyst ahead of Chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference on Wednesday. The S&P 500 rises 63% of the time heading into a Fed pronouncement, posting an average gain of 0.4%, according to Rob Leiphart, an...
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors who have been buying up single-family homes to capitalize on demand for rentals are starting to see rents flatten in several key markets. According to online real estate firm Trulia's Price/Rent Monitor released Thursday, rents are falling or flat in Las Vegas, Orange County, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Phoenix -- all markets where big...
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Filed under: Investing Global Position Sensors Market Analysed in Comprehensive Global Industry Analysts Report Available at MarketPublishers.com LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Globally, the position sensors market is forecast to be worth over USD 6 billion by end-2018. The growth will be mainly triggered by the broadening of the spectrum of industry applications where the...
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Hertz's move to Lee County follows a flurry of rental car industry consolidations over the past several years.
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Filed under: Investing TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Receives Global Company of the Year Award for Radio-Frequency Test Equipment SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYS: A) today announced that it received Frost & Sullivan's Global Company of the Year Award for radio-frequency test equipment. Engineers in RF design, R&D and...
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