Counters are tracked based on the primary material used in their production. The market breaks down by category as follows: laminates 63%, solid surface 12%, tile 7%, and stone 7%.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: 674 Million Square Feet
Source: Countertops, September 2009, p. NA
Original Source: Freedonia Group
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Market for Baseball Bats
Leading manufacturers of baseball bats in the United States are Easton, Hillerich & Bradsby, Rawlings, and Wilson. Market size is based on annual retail sales.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $150 Million
Source: The Bulletin, September 17, 2009, p. NA
Original Source: Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Market for Chemicals Used in Oil Drilling
Many specially designed chemicals are used in drilling for and extracting oil. These include what are called stimulation chemicals (35%), drilling fluids (34%), production chemicals (12%) and all others (19%).
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $8.6 Billion
Source: Oilfield Chemicals, September 2009, p. NA [Online] here.
Original Source: Freedonia Group
Size of the Market for Running Shoes
The market sizes presented here were calculated based on total retail sales for the years shown.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1988, 1998, 2008
Market size: $987 Million, $1.47 Billion, and $2.31 Billion respectively
Source: Running USA’s State of the Sport Report, July 15, 2009, p. NA [Online] here.
Original Source: National Sporting Goods Association
Size of the Sporting Goods Equipment Market
The size of this market is estimated based on the sale of new equipment. The leading product categories in this market include exercise equipment (21.3%), golf gear (14.3%), sports related firearms (11%), fishing equipment (8.3%), and camping gear (8%).
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $53.4 Billion
Source: Sporting Goods [Online] here.
Original Source: IBISWorld
U.S. Market for Toys, Dolls and Games
This market is broken down into product segments in this way: Video games (35.9%), Infant and preschool (9.2%), Outdoor sports (8.4%), Dolls (7.8%), Arts & Crafts (7.5%), Games & puzzles (6.9%), Vehicles (6.1%), Other toys (6.1%), and 12.1% for the three remaining categories of plush toys, action figures and their accessories, and youth electronics.
Geographic ref.: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $21.9 Billion
Source: “Toys Industry Outlook,” September 2009, p. NA [Online] here.
Original Source: IBISWorld
Size of the Market for Coffee Consumed At-Home
The market is broken down by types of coffee in this way: roasted and ground coffee (79%), instant coffee (12%), ready-to-drink coffee (8%), and pods (1%).
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2007
Market size: $6.9 Billion
Source: “Morningstar Document Research,” July 2008, p. NA
Original Source: United States Retail & Foodservice Coffee
Size of the Casket Market
Top firms in the casket manufacturing sector are Batesville and York Group/Aurora
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $1.2 Billion
Source: “Quick Take Hillenbrand,” August 21, 2009, p. NA [Online] here.
Size of the iPhone Market
The number of iPhones reported here is a much rounded number. The iPhone represented only 2.2% of the worldwide cell phone market in 2009. Nonetheless, profits from iPhones represent a much higher percentage of total profits from cell phones. According to the source, Nokia had nearly twenty times Apple’s market share, but profits from the iPhone were nearly the same as profits from all of Nokia’s phones combined.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009
Market size: 25,000,000 units
Source: James Surowiecki, “The Financial Page: Soft in the Middle,” The New Yorker, March 29, 2010, p. 45
Housewrap Market Size
Housewrap is the thin sheet of material that goes between the sheathing and the siding of a structure. In areas of new construction it is common to see a home wrapped in what looks like wrapping paper covered with a brand name. In our area that name is usually Tyvek (by DuPont). Another important brand of housewrap is Typar (by Fiberweb).
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2005
Market size: $260 Million
Source: “Hardie James Industries,” September 17, 2008, p. NA
Original Source: Hardie James Industries