Where's the 'literary lad lit' section?
The Guardian
First, men read less than women, and a market niche lobbying for men to buy family-life-centered books would not be particularly lucrative. Second, it might be that men writing about intimacy and fatherhood are seen as adventurous and coura...
Online Auction Site Launches for Rich and Famous
ABC News
The company said its website aims to exploit a market niche between internet sales sites such as eBay, which are available to the general public, and auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's for fine art and collectibles. Given the n...
Duo finds niche in Pilates in East Cambridge
Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab
During the escalating economic crisis of November 2008, Pai-Ling Yin, a strategic management professor at MIT, was looking for a sound investment opportunity. She knew she found one when her Pilates instructor at MIT, Sarah Carr, told her s...
Kinky Boots
San Diego weekly Reader
Painless gender-bender comedy about a staid old British shoemaking firm ("since 1895"), which, to survive in the brazen new world, seeks out a "niche market," namely women's shoes for men, under the counsel of a cabaret drag queen: "Look to...
Horizon Health International Aims for Five Million in Sales With ...
MSN Money
The company is confident that this is the launch pad that will propel it into the much larger US Market and in turn opens the door to become a major global player in its niche market under the guidance of a most experienced and dedicated te...
16. F&N invests US$43mil in Vietnam glass plant
The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) is investing US$43mil in a new glass plant in Vietnam to vie for a greater share of the growing market in the country.
Specialized tech jobs on the horizon
AZCentral.com
... sector shouldn't expect to see mass hiring just yet, companies are on the lookout for candidates with specialized skills in the semiconductor, software, aerospace and defense fields. Tech startups that have a growing market niche, such ...
Qualcomm Shows Off World's First 'Smartbook'
Top Tech News
Designed to fit a mobile market niche that falls midway between a smartphone and a netbook, the ... These are always on and always synchronizing your e-mail, Facebook status, the web, and all sorts of other stuff," Jacobs observed. Jacobs s...
You Simply Can't Ignore These Stocks
Motley Fool
For my money, I want to own companies, regardless of size, that have a strong management team, have a rock-solid balance sheet, and dominate their market niche. One of the companies I've been researching recently is Darling International , ...
Struggling nurseries find a new niche: world's largest cruise ship
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, is creating a wave of business for landscaping nurseries hurt by the recession and the dismal housing market.
Oklahoma entrepreneurs pitch ideas for capital
The Oklahoman
Pitching was the featured activity during Monday’s Bricktown Capital Conference.But the pitches came from a podium rather than a mound, and the pitchers were entrepreneurs, not athletes.For several hours, Oklahoma business people paraded to...
Slower pace, lower wages leave 'rural offshoring' a niche
Network World
Atlanta-based Xpanxion, LLC began as an offshore software development firm over a decade ago, but in 2006 it opened a facility in Kearney, Neb. Why there? The reasons include a cost of living and wages that are lower than in other parts of ...
Howard Learner: Solar Is Coming to Town -- Price Shifts, Market Changes And Policy Opportunities to Grow the Midwest's ...
The Huffington Post
Everyone is in search of which clean energy option will be the US's savior from fossil fuels. While wind looks promising, a perfect storm of opportunities might make solar the best game in town.
