Industries

New and used vehicles can be purchased in a variety of ways in North America, whether through franchised car dealerships, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agency sales channels, or third-party online marketplaces. The need for an online marketplace came into focus in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as many companies selling cars did ...

This series features novel business approaches and innovations in the retail space. It is a set of profiles that illustrate the trends offering holistic and interactive experiences for customers as well as convenience and benefits to retailers. To develop a business ecosystem that delivers high customer engagement, companies are investing in advanc...

Accelerated reforms due to COVID-19 and technologically advanced sample-in-answer-out portable, web-connected, encrypted devices that provide results in a few minutes changed the diagnostic healthcare industry. Decentralized testing empowers clinicians to make lifesaving decisions for the patient. It shortens supply chain lag time, saves costs of i...

The electric vehicle (EV) market is growing rapidly and impacting the energy market and associated services. As OEMs integrate more software-defined solutions into EVs, a potential market for digital products and services (P&S) exists. EV-dedicated digital P&S allows key participants to continuously monetize these solutions through new revenue mode...

This Frost & Sullivan study focusses on smart city solutions. It includes an updated overview of the structure of smart city operations, a smart city's constituent parts, applications of smart city solutions, and the challenges these solutions face. The study offers a global view of the smart city solution provider market and includes the technolog...

Frost & Sullivan defines Communications Platforms as a Service (CPaaS) as any cloud-based platform that enables developers to programmatically embed voice, video, chat, and messaging services within their business or consumer applications. In nearly all cases, the embedded communications and collaboration services leveraged through a CPaaS are a fe...

The growing multipolar world, types of threats and distances from which such threats can emanate, contested waters, and maritime zones of control of various nations necessitate greater and constant vigilance of oceans through maritime surveillance. Maritime surveillance is conducted using terrestrial radars, automatic identification systems (AIS...

Is the global economy on the brink of a recession This has been amongst the most hotly debated questions of 2022. Politicians, analysts, economists, and businesses all seem to have differing perspectives on the topic. Some anticipate a bleak 2023, with an economic environment akin to the Great Recession of 2007–2009. Others sport a rosier outlook...

This study features emerging Trend Opportunity Profiles that share novel business outlooks in the form of models, which offer convenience to customers and profit to owners through advanced technology usage, increased digital presence, and strategic collaborations. With a shift to convenience and ease of access as the focal point for consumers, c...