The domestics learned the hard way that ceding one segment of the market, even a historically unprofitable one like small cars, means ceding customers who don't come back.
Stryker is also a major provider of medical and surgical supplies, and its MedSurge segment got socked particularly hard last year as hard-pressed hospitals and other health care providers trimmed their spending.
Sales both at the top and bottom of the consumer market are rapidly growing while sales are being squeezed hard in the middle, though it is still the largest market segment in rich countries.
The issue of which workers are going to be affected, I was interested that in your previous segment talking about the debt that people have and how it's very hard to become middle class and to retain middle-class status these days.