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Pet Industry Continues to Attract Venture Capital

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Crunchbase's  Investors Unleash Millions Into Pet-Tech Startups covers the surge in pet industry venture funding over the past 5 years. million in 2012, according to Crunchbase research. Key quote: Funding in pet startups surged by 334 percent to $291.8 million compared to $67.2

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Is the Staffing Industry Facing a Kodak Moment?

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These are good times for the temporary staffing industry. As the American Staffing Association chart below shows, the industry has been booming since the steep declines caused by the Great Recession.    2015 was another record setting year and pretty much everyone in the staffing industry is predicting good times ahead.

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Beauty Trends for 2012

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We like following industry specific trend sources.  The beauty store industry is quite big.    Retailers Have the Ball describes the changing nature of the retail beauty industry and the growing role technology is playing.    According to the U.S. Census Statistics of U.S. . 

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The Staffing Industry Analysts Temp Worker Forecast

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The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) is a research and industry analyst firm that focuses on contingent work. Their clients are staffing industry firms and corporations that employ contingent and/or temporary workers. staffing industry forecast. annual rate over the decade from 2012 to 2022.   While 3.1%

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3D Printing 2.0

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In the case of 3D printing, the breakout moment was supposed to be 2012, when a new generation of desktop 3D machines hit shelves. 3D printing is actively used in a lot of industries to manufacture things.    Key quote: Transformative technologies often get massively overhyped at the early stage.

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Food Truck Nation

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We've long covered the food truck industry and in 2012 released what is still our favorite study,  Food Trucks Motor into the Mainstream, in partnership with Intuit. We think the key quote from the report is: “You can create your restaurant on wheels for $50,000 to $60,000.

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In Europe, Bikes Outsell Cars

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In 2012 there were roughly 18 million bikes sold in the U.S.   But if you exclude kids bikes (which the industry defines as bikes with wheels smaller than 20 inches), 2012 U.S. This is leading to bike manufacturing becoming yet another example of a barbell industry structure. .   Bikes outsold cars in the U.S.

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