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As one decade draws to a close, predicting what’s to come in the next can be challenging. While the US-China trade war continues to sow uncertainty in global markets, there are signs an end may be in sight. Though earlier this year brought warnings of a recession, economists now say the US is likely to avoid one.

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The restaurant industry includes both fast-food chains, which offer limited service, and full-service establishments with sit-down table service. This includes burger joints like McDonald’s, coffee houses and bakeries like Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and Panera, as well as pizza places and other chains serving up international culinary favorites like Tex-Mex, Mexican, and Asian foods.

The global sports market will rise at an annual growth rate of around 6% to nearly $614 billion by 2022, the report Sports Global Market Opportunities and Strategies from The Business Research Company shows.

During the forecast period, the growing popularity of esports events is expected to drive the global sports market. eSports, or competitive video gaming, is a multiplayer video game played competitively for spectators, typically by professional gamers.

The year may be winding down, but our analysts haven’t put the brakes on yet. Our in-house publishing divisions — including Packaged Facts, The Freedonia Group, and Simba Information — released a ton of new articles and press releases in the last two weeks.

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American mothers make the majority of household purchasing decisions and spend more than $2 trillion per year. Given the vast spending power these moms yield, it’s no surprise that companies in a broad array of industries are eager to appeal to this influential demographic.

Wire and cable companies manufacture insulated fiber optic cables — which are network cables containing strands of glass fibers inside an insulated case — and coaxial cables and other insulated nonferrous wires, which are copper and aluminum wires used by industries such as energy, automotive, telecoms and others.

Read on to learn more about this vast, complex global industry, with data and analysis from a recent report by The Business Research Company.

MarketResearch.com's publishing divisions released a flurry of articles and press releases this week, highlighting new market research on a wide variety of industry categories, from pet products and services to academic testing to pharmaceutical packaging and more.

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In 2018, Amazon’s global net sales reached $233 billion, and its impressive growth continues to rattle the retail industry.

Amazon is on a path to become the largest retailer in the U.S. — and is expected to overtake Walmart by 2022, according to data from a recent market research report by Packaged Facts titled Amazon Strategies and the Amazon Shopper, 2^nd Edition. Amazon’s U.S. gross merchandise sales will contribute nearly half of U.S. e-commerce sales by 2022, up from 43% in 2019 and 28% in 2015.