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Market intelligence practitioners have grappled with multiple challenges for a long while. How to develop a company’s internal intelligence network? How to gain insights in a broad range of specialized topics? How to share market signals? How to maximize the output from internal resources? Economic instability, global competition, marketplace changes and changing customer demands have added urgency to finding the answers to these questions.
The new UK Bribery Act 2010 has made the job of international corporate risk managers more complex. With its wider definition of bribery, focus on prevention rather than cure and high criminal penalties; it is even more far-reaching than the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) from the US. Stiffer regulations, the fallout from the financial tsunami and ever convoluted supply chains have driven risk managers to seek the help of market intelligence in increasing numbers.
Since the term ‘BRIC’ was coined by a Goldman Sachs economist in 2001, Brazil, Russia, India and China have proven to be amongst the world’s largest economies and fastest growing markets. Conducting world-class market intelligence in BRIC may remain an enormous challenge for those who are not intimately familiar with the terrain but the future is bright for those who have already set up a foothold, according to experts.
The 2010 Football World Cup has, by all measures, been a resounding success. How has the World Cup changed Southern Africa and how has it impacted the future for the continent’s investors?
The business-to-consumer (B2C) parcel delivery market is one bright spot in the sluggish European logistics market, thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of consumer e-commerce. Online retailing in Western Europe is estimated to grow around 10% over the next few years, driving growth of Europe’s B2C parcel market at about the same pace – particularly in the UK in Western Europe and Poland or Estonia to the East. What are some key market developments?
More than half Asia's Pay TV operators surveyed in our latest industry survey (54%) already carry High Definition (HD) channels. New technologies such as IPTV and 3D TV are seen as the greatest untapped opportunity – and the greatest threat – for traditional cable & satellite operators.
Booming urbanization and a growing middle class in China is driving demand for commercial security solutions in the country. Government initiatives, such as community schemes like the Safe Cities Project or the 3111 Pilot Project, higher levels of policing and stimulus packages to develop western China, will further boost growth. How will the industry cope with demand?