Be cognizant of the trends with Smart Beta ETFs; as they begin to
reach market saturation, fees will likely drop making them more attractive to investors.
Tablets are just part of the rapidly growing mobile market but eventually all devices
reach market saturation and slow down.
PCs took a full three decades to
reach market saturation, whereas tablets may have already topped off at the four - year mark.
Not exact matches
The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the
market could even fairly quickly
reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.
But with startups and with the rapid growth of established players like SoulCycle and Flywheel Sports, could the
market be
reaching a
saturation point?
Smartphones have now
reached saturation in many major
markets, including the US, Canada, Japan, Western Europe and China.
Unfortunately, by 2013 the
market started to
reach a
saturation point.
The device
market looks set to
reach the
saturation point with the growth rate of device shipments declining to 5.9 % in 2015.
Between Facebook constantly tweaking features to improve user experience and the
saturation of posts from every other brand out there, it's becoming increasingly difficult for B2B brands to
reach their audience by utilizing Facebook
marketing tactics.
It is not uncommon for any
marketing message to eventually saturate, BUT you can delay
reaching the point of
saturation by constantly testing.
From the present perspective, however, the audience patterns for the past decade are indicative of growth to the point of
market saturation (i.e., it appears that in 1977 the paid - time religious broadcasters
reached the peak of their growth with the audience segment they can
reach with their present program formats and contents).
But just as New York got into the casino business, questions arose over whether the northeast casino
market was
reaching a
saturation point as the economic troubles of casinos in Atlantic City became apparent.
I'm often asked «has the
market reached saturation point».
This happens despite all the business reports indicating that the virtual matchmaking in its current shape is still on the rise, and we are unlikely to
reach a
saturation point any time soon (for more on the subject, read SkaDate Dating Software recent blog - post about the
market of baby boomers).
The only outcome I can predict is when all of these situations come together and these stars align with Aquarius, the
market will
reach a
saturation point.
That suggests that the
market for dedicated e-readers is
reaching saturation.
The report also stated it's the developing
markets that will be adding to the numbers this year, given the
saturation that the more matured
markets have already
reached.
These new Android devices are only
marketed to the US and UK, two
markets that have
reached a breaking point in
saturation.
Research from Harris Poll suggests that the
market for smaller slabs has
reached saturation and there's little sign that the company could compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung in the long term.
All that said, there are those who are saying that because e-books sales grew «only» 41 % last year that it has
reached the
saturation point in the
market.
It is unclear what will happen when they begin to
reach subscriber
saturation (acquisition costs increase for incremental subs) and they cut back on
marketing.
Surely it has to
reach its peak
market saturation at some point...
Have we
reached the point of
market saturation in the MOBA genre?
Farmers
markets may have
reached a point of
saturation in some parts of the US, but that might not be all bad news.
It is quite likely that the Online
market has
reached a
saturation point and the next set of customers are the buyers who prefer brick and mortar stores.
According to
market tracker IDC shipment growth slowed 19 % in 2014 and will be in single digits by 2017 due to little growth in mature
markets like North America and Europe that have
reached saturation, and a possible contraction in Japan.
His strategy then and now involves hand picking properties in areas of high growth potential (that haven't
reached the
saturation point), where appreciation levels are expected to be significantly above
market norms.