Posted on 04/04/2011 10:42:09 AM PDT by Dallas59
If you read the print edition of a newspaper, still make calls over a landline or plan to rent a tuxedo for an upcoming wedding, you are doing what many of your friends and neighbors gave up long ago.
Analysts at IBISWorld, a market research firm, recently compiled a list of 10 industries that may be on the "verge of extinction in the United States." Within its database of close to 700 industries, about 200 are in decline, with the ones selected having seen large and steady drops in revenue and number of establishments. From the beginning of 2011 to the end of 2016, these industries are likely to deteriorate further.
"People might think that we are coming out of recession and these industries have hit bottom, so therefore everyone should be going up," IBISWorld Senior Analyst Toon van Beeck says. "But that is definitely not the case. A lot of these revenues peaked in about 2000 and since then they have declined year over year."
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I somewhat disagree about record stores. There is still a boat of music that you cannot get on the internet legally.
There’s also stuff like bootlegs of shows.
There are several programs that will record music that you can only “listen” to on the net. No sharing involved. Also many programs that will record streaming Movies as well.
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Oh, that's funny! Like I'd pay a dime to The Slimes.
I still use a land line and will until they yank it out of the wall. With spotty cell signals and the cable unreliable, I want every backup system I can get. But what's the problem with tux rentals?
Didn’t they say that about radiation coming from “old” tube TV’s?
I haven’t used a landline in years...but it’s nice to have as a back up.
I don’t necessarily agree on record stores.
While some have closed, new ones are always opening. The main problem is to get good stock, and keep it fresh.
A lot of dealers have gone Internet-only, too. While customers would prefer to examine the merchandise, a trustworthy dealer can make good sales.
Prices have gone up substantially on the lower-echelon material, and recovered a bit at the high end. Good classic rock on US pressings sells for $8-15, while UK and Japan pressings are higher. However, the days when Japanese dealers would snatch up original Blue Notes for three or four thousand dollars each are pretty much over. Prices on most of them are about half of what they used to be, but trending upwards.
Downloadhelper and Youtube....then SuperC to extract the audio...or Audacity to record audio then convert to MP3.
I am a bit surprised to see the manufactured housing market dwindle as much as it has.
I have one for one reason.....911 phone call so they can find me. I don’t want to have a heart attack and call 911 and get a dropped call before I can tell them where I am.
Tell that to the Japanese dealer counting out $7000 in hundreds to pay for 25 LPs.
Then put the recordings on the net?
Everything you see or hear is stored on your hard drive, even if only temporarily.
All you have to do is know where the files are located, then rename and move them so they won't get deleted.
“I am a bit surprised to see the manufactured housing market dwindle as much as it has.”
It caught my by supprise too. A big prefab plant near us closed their doors recently. I thought they might prosper but I guess forclosed is cheaper.
That’s the problem.
Many of the Victorian homes that are still standing are manufactured: It was a big industry in the 1870s. The homes are very strong and that is why they have outlasted the stick built homes.
At least the buggy whip industry didnt make the list this year.
The important thing to realize is the trend with people under 30. As the population ages, their habits become the norm.
25% of all households do not have a landline, but 50% of people under 30 do not have a landline.
I know at least one music crazy teenager that has never purchased a physical music album (CD/Record/etc...)—never. Young people are comfortable with not having a physical album. As they age the demand for physical CDs will dry up.
On a side not, this is what the major record labels dred, and why they went after napster so hard. Their only market advantage is their distribution channel for physical media. If physical music media goes away, so does their market advantage. So you can probably add to this list major record labels.
You can also add music studios to that list. With advances in computers, the hardware costs to record and edit high end music has dropped through the floor.
Another industry to go: DVD Rentals - Eclipsed by Streaming
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