Dramatically swift improvements in battery technologies have had a major impact on the power lawn and garden equipment market over the last decade, leading to a significant increase in the market share for electric models over engine-driven alternatives.
September 20, 2021Freedonia analysts will continue to monitor the ongoing effects of Hurricane Ida – as well as other severe weather events – on the US economy.
September 16, 2021If we designed a healthier waste, sewage, and water system to make cholera history… If we installed window screens, used pesticides, and managed standing water to reduce insect-borne illnesses such as yellow fever, malaria, West Nile, Dengue, Zika, and others… How did we manage to forget indoor air quality?
September 16, 2021The global forestry sector has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which produced a reduction in output, declining equipment spending, and severe disruptions to global supply chains.
September 16, 2021Our new analysis projects global demand for formulated pesticides to increase 3.4% per year to $94.7 billion in 2025, supported mostly by growth in the dominant agricultural market.
September 14, 2021US consumers have been confronted with sharply rising prices for a wide range of products – most notably, groceries and gasoline – and in a number of cases, the cause is the “supply chain”.
September 7, 2021While the US economy has seen a number of changes due to the pandemic, one particularly stands out: the increasing use of e-commerce to purchase items that would have been normally bought in stores.
September 7, 2021As readers of this site will note, the shortage lumber – and its high price when available – was a completely unanticipated (and unpleasant) result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 7, 2021With the recent publication of the Sixth Assessment Report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, conversations turned from pandemic to environmental impacts. However, the two are intertwined in many ways.
September 7, 2021Many homeowners – noting that much as they need designated spaces for and exercise, so too do their children need their own areas for learning and schoolwork.
September 7, 2021