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Graphic Novels, Manga and Comic Books

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The market for what is now referred to broadly as “graphic novels” has grown strongly since 2000. Many factors contribute to this growth including such things as an explosive growth in the number of unique book titles published annually, the success of super hero movies in the movie business, and a growing influence from the comic arts scenes in other countries where it has been a strong cultural outlet. In terms of revenue produced by the sales of these graphic products, market share breaks down by category as follows: comic periodicals, 27.5%; Manga, 12.4%, and other graphic novels, 60.2%.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 3,162 unique titles and $1.130 Billion sales
Source: Publishers Weekly, April 26, 2010, p. 12
Original Source: ICV2.com

Tire Makers in North America

The leading tire producers are companies with names that will likely be familiar to most adults: Goodyear/Dunlop; Michelin/Uniroyal/Goodrich; Bridgestone/Firestone and Continental Tire.

Geographic ref.: North America
Year: 2009
Market size: $30 Billion
Source: Tire Business, February 15, 2010, p. 10

Residential Septic Systems

For a brief change of pace, septic systems!
One fifth of all residential housing units in the United States are served by individual, onsite septic systems, including 22% of all housing units less than four years old. In 2007, 50% of all housing units served by such septic systems were in rural areas, 47% in suburban areas and 3% were in central cities according to the U.S. EPA.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1985 and 2007
Market size: Number of housing units respectively: 24.6 Million and 26.1 Million
Source: Septic Systems Fact Sheet, October 2008, available online here
Original Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management

Bicycle Market

Bicycle sales in 2009 were down sharply from the two prior years in which 18 million units were sold. The United States is the second largest national bicycle market in the world, second to the leader, China. In terms of types of bicycles, mountain bikes are the leading category with 27.8% of the U.S. market. The other bicycle categories and their respective market shares are as follows: Youth, 21.3%; Hybrid/Cross, 20.4%; Road, 14.9%; Comfort, 10.3%, and Cruiser, 3.3%.

Geographic ref.: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 14.9 Million units
Source: “Industry Overview 2009,” 2010, p. NA
Original Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Gluskin Townley Group
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Global Market for Premium Chocolate

In terms of market share, Europe accounts for just over half of the world premium chocolate market. In terms of per capita
consumption of all chocolate, by country, the leaders are: Switzerland with 22.4 pounds, Austria with 20.13 pounds and Ireland with 19.47 pounds. The United States comes in 8th on the list with an average of 11.7 pounds counsumed annually by each American. Please note, however, that these per capita consumption rates are for all chocolate not just premium chocolate. The market size presented below is the size of the premium chocolate market.

Geographic reference: World
Year: 2007
Market size: $6.9 Billion
Source: “AROQ’s Global Market Review Series,” November 2008, p. 3
Original Source: just-food

Premium Chocolate Market

Europeans eat a lot of chocolate. In fact, the three nations with the highest per capita consumption of chocolate in the world are in Europe, Switzerland, Austria and Ireland. Premium chocolates represent about 12% of the overall chocolate market in Europe.

Geographic reference: Europe
Year: 2007
Market size: $3.8 Billion
Source: “AROQ’s Global Market Review Series,” November 2008, p. 3
Original Source: just-food

Publishing of Catholic Liturgical Music

Data show the number of Catholic liturgical music publishers in the United States in 2010. Those publishers include GIA Publications, OCP Publications, and World Library Publications, a division of J.S. Paluch.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: 3
Source: Mark Pattison, “Site Lets Liturgical Music Composers Sell Songs Directly to Musicians,” The Michigan Catholic, May 28, 2010, p. 26

Licensed Merchandise at Colleges and Universities

This market includes all those things that are sold with college and/or university colors and logos on them, as long as they are licensed uses of these logos. Universities that lead the pack in terms of their licensed merchandise sales are Ohio State, University of Michigan, Texas, Michigan State, and Alabama.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $2.2 Billion
Source: The Register-Guard, December 27, 2009, p. NA

Functional Foods

The term “functional foods” was first introduced in Japan in the 1980s and refers to processed foods that contain, by design, ingredients that aid specific bodily functions in addition to being nutritious. Some might simply call these processed foods “enriched foods.”

Geographic reference: World
Year: 2008
Market size: $85 Billion
Source: AROQ’s Global Market Review Series, October 2009, p. NA
Original Source: just-food

Market for Sports Team Merchandise

The sale of team specific merchandise is big business. Merchandise is sold for teams at all levels, from pee wee to professional. This market size is based on merchandise for sports of all sorts at the college and university level as well as professional teams. Leading sellers of Major League Baseball merchandise include the New York Yankees (27.5% of the MLB merchandise sales), Boston Red Sox (8.3%), Philadelphia Phillies (8.0%), Chicago Cubs (7.1%), and Detroit Tigers (6.9%).

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $11.5 Billion
Source: Detroit News, April 8, 2010, p. NA
Original Source: SportsOneSource