Min Investment: $ 25,000 Founded in 1979, Merry Maids has become a leader
in the booming industry of residential cleaning with 450 franchises in the U.S. and cleans more than 300,000 residences a month.
Not exact matches
The
booming tech
industry in Texas's state capital gets most
of the attention, but the education, health, and leisure - and - hospitality sectors have added more than 11,000 jobs
in the past year.
With one
of its largest lenders
in trouble, the subprime mortgage
industry needs the housing
boom to keep going
Thanks
in part to the craft beer
boom, the beer
industry has a bigger economic impact than that
of wine or video games, studies show.
Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's
booming manufacturing
industry has already overtaken Canada's
in terms
of the dollar value
of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.
It would be easy to dismiss this as the latest boomlet
in an
industry famous for its cycles, were it not for a demographic tidal wave — the so - called silver tsunami — that has already begun: The retirement
of America's 76 million baby
boomers.
A new report from BIS Shrapnel has forecast a surge
in mining production over the next four years as the mining
industry's focus shifts away from the investment and construction phase
of the
boom.
She is also the most successful wine entrepreneur
in a
booming industry, but she tells me that she often dreams
of leaving Argentina, maybe for California or New Zealand.
IT might not feel like it, but there are early signs
of boom conditions forming
in some parts
of the state's mining
industry, with two sectors
in particular benefiting from events
in the markets for commodities, labour, and capital equipment.
Since 2011, the rail
industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new cars, but with literally only a handful
of tank car - makers
in North America and a huge
boom in oil - by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.
Advisors
of the
boomer generation are grooming — and quizzing — Gen Y prospects
in an attempt to revitalize and shore up the
industry.»
For investors bargain hunting
in the beleaguered sector,
industry analysts recommend a relatively simple formula: Seek out companies that have low debt, that are growing their omnichannel presence (the term that is used to describe retailers» ability to serve customers either
in - person or online), and that didn't expand too fast during the mall
boom of the 1990s and 2000s.
Economist Paul Frankels Essentials
of Petroleum, published
in 1946, remains the best explanation
of the oil
industrys boom - bust cycle.
While hard skills can be traded off like millennials» expertise
in social media or
boomers» specific knowledge
of an
industry, work involves soft skills, too.
Economists use the term «Dutch disease» to describe the way resource
booms spur an inflationary spiral that causes other
industries to wither and hampers overall competitiveness, as happened to the Netherlands as a result
of its natural gas
boom in the 1960s.
But CIBC's Forbes insists personal relationships are the driving force
in the resurgence
of branch banking because they are key to gaining ground
in the
industry's three growth markets: wealth management for
boomers, newcomer clients and youth accounts.
If that weren't enough, Marriott is tripling down on new construction at the tail end
of a recent hotel building
boom — one that
industry analysts warn could soon lead to a glut
in supply.
It states that
in sharp contrast to how
Boomers made tech - buying decisions, «Millennials prioritize ease
of doing business first and
industry expertise last.»
And perhaps Birgisson has found a sweet spot
in the
booming health - beverage
industry, right at the intersection
of health beverages and energy drinks.
Unions
in the utility
industry, health care and manufacturing
industries are using knowledge and skills as the key source
of worker power by expanding apprenticeship training, creating partnership with community colleges, vocational schools, and employers to fill the «middle skills» gaps that exist today or will grow as skilled baby
boomers retire.
For the most part, her exploration
of the business behind her country's
booming pot
industry is cautiously optimistic about its commercial potential
in a decriminalized setting.
The distinction between worker classifications, once the province
of labor and employment attorneys, has become a lightning rod
in the
booming technology
industry.
Bowling's story is emblematic
of the
boom - and - bust history
of the coal
industry in Appalachia, a largely rural 13 - state swath that runs from southern New York to northeastern Mississippi.
Achieving those mission - critical seconds has never had more options, with the QSR
industry in the midst
of enjoying a
boom in new technologies that promise to reduce wait times while boosting food quality and customer service.
«What we have experienced is a lot
of jobs lost
in an
industry that, even when the plants were here, was subject to
boom and bust,» he said.
One out
of every 3 soybeans grown
in the U.S. is exported to China, largely to feed a rapidly growing hog
industry for a
booming middle class
in China, said Rincker, who's also a board member
of the Illinois Soybean Association.
While a number
of simple measures
of valuation have also been useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to - peak earnings have been skewed by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007 peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination
of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins
in cyclical and commodity - oriented
industries.
The
booming industry saw four companies that filed for US IPOs
in the second half
of the year alone.
From the invention
of the phonograph
in 1877 to the
boom in streaming services today, the music
industry has had to constantly adapt to emerging...
Two
of the most interesting, and
booming, developments
in the payments
industry are mobile payments and the rise
of the blockchain.
Medical coding is a
booming industry and you have found one
of the top areas
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In her soft - spoken way, Sheryl Garrett is a
booming voice
of the financial services
industry.
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Mexico's auto
industry is
in the midst
of a decade - long
boom in production.
The coal
industry is
booming driven by growth
in export demand for coal world wide and the large number
of coal - fired power plants currently scheduled to come online.
«I think it's safe to say that we're not looking at a return to
booming growth
in terms
of the
industry's performance,» Burt said.
All
of that activity raises a fundamental question: Why is an
industry widely considered to be struggling such a
booming asset class
in real estate?
One
of the top lawyers
in the
booming cryptocurrency
industry says the legal structure he helped set up to raise funds for new virtual currencies is «old, inflexible and stupid» and may no longer be fit for purpose.
As a result, the relative wage
in mining — that is, resource extraction — has risen by about 10 per cent (by far the largest increase
of any single
industry), after having trended lower over the decade leading up to the
boom (Figure 12).
Marijuana Penny Stock Scams With the proliferation
of legal marijuana companies and the massive growth we've seen
in the
industry, it's no surprise that less - than - savory characters have tried to make a dollar off the
boom through, shall we say, less honest means.
For instance, China's new and
booming e-commerce
industry, championed by Jack Ma's Alibaba and its subsidiaries, can be a point
of entry for small and medium enterprises
in Canada looking to expand their markets while avoiding traditional operational costs and relocation difficulties.
MRG President Andrew Pollard
in The Calgary Herald: Layoffs Loom
in Mining
Industry Boom - bust cycle cited as cause Derek Sankey, For The Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, August 04, 2012 Twenty per cent
of mining companies
in Canada have already begun laying off employees this summer
in a sector that has taken a recent beating
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These accounts are counterfeit coins
in the
booming economy
of online influence, reaching into virtually any
industry where a mass audience — or the illusion
of it — can be monetized.
«The steel
industry in China
boomed from 5 percent
of global steel production
in the late 70s to almost 50 percent today; on the back
of that surge was a voracious appetite for iron ore» he says.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. approached CSX Corp. about a combination that would unite two
of North America's largest railroad operators, said people briefed on the matter, as the
boom in North American energy reshapes the railroad
industry.
New technology building
booms and subsequent collapses are, historically normal and common following the introduction
of new and transformative technologies, and we have seen them
in the US and British automobile
industries, the late 20th century communications «tech wreck», the rise and contraction cell phone manufacturers, and the explosion
of entry into US telecommunications post «deregulation»
in the US, just to cite a few.
Meal kits, however, are
booming, having gone from a virtually unheard -
of product to a multi-billion dollar
industry in just a few short years.
Besides creating thousands
of jobs
in an already
booming industry, a solar wall (that large!)