The Pearl River delta is packed with small firms that dominate tiny market niches.
Hinrichs identified 11 market niches in China, including seven for cars.
Carlyle says it allows investors to pick and move among different market niches, and allocate capital across many funds without being charged the double fee that a fund-of-funds would incur.
And as a manufacturer for the mass market (niches are different: I could in fact see a small market for pink fire engines among a certain set of parents) the way to increase profits is to acknowledge and develop for these very differences.
To really provide what their intended customers need both of these marketplaces have to create a channel and find a way to motivate people to help market apps to specific niches.
Heineken will be able to provide product innovation, and it'll use Femsa's distribution channels to sell its global premium brands like Heineken Pilsener beer, Tiger and Star, and its know-how on segmenting a market into different target niches.
They boast large global market shares in specialised niches: ceramics and other fine materials for semiconductors, tiny motors for hard drives and other digital equipment, a range of sophisticated machines for making liquid-crystal display panels, and so forth.
GKN's market dominance in its chosen niches is the key to increased profitability, says Beresford.
The chemicals will fill niches in a market that Dennis Harp at Deutsche Banc Alex.
That has helped them dominate their niches, with global market shares of up to 90%.
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But much more importantly, I have very little expertise in the niches I spotted in the market place.
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Juicy profits may be on offer in some plush niches, such as golf, assuming the market grows as Mr Urban hopes.
On close inspection, though, most of the companies turn out to operate in a few niches that do not really establish them as market leaders.
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Finance departments struggle to keep up with marketing, which has excellent tools to identify narrow customer segments and market new products, services or price plans to those niches.
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The market for 20th-century American paintings contains many collecting niches.
The market for these high capacity low cost storage devices is one of the fastest growing niches for HDDs.
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