All Market Intelligence articles – Page 72
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Market overview | Canada
Having weathered the economic storms that marked the beginning of this decade, Canadian marine equipment manufacturers enjoy comparatively smooth sailing these days, with a stable domestic market and a growing interest in developing export trade.
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Market overview | Brazil
Brazil’s boating industry has done an extreme- about face in the last five years. According to industry statistics, new boat sales are down 30%-40% in the last year, following two previous years of declines. Some categories are worse than others, but every boatbuilder is feeling the pain.
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Round-up | South and Central America
IBI reviews the prospects of some of the key Central and South American markets
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Round up | Europe
The tide has turned, thanks largely to a devaluation of the euro that has boosted exports across the continent, but concerns remain, not least for the suffering sailboat sector
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Market overview | Australia
Various changes are giving the Australian leisure marine industry greater confidence about the future
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Yacht Brokerage Market Report | US-Europe January-June 2015
Brokerage sales improved in the second quarter in the United States and Europe as, overall, more boats were sold at higher values.
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Market overview | US
A side-by-side comparison of 2006’s retail unit sales for new boats with the most recent numbers is confusing, especially when most industry analysts sound ecstatic about the current market. Almost everyone in the US industry, except the sailboat and sterndrive segments, see 2015 as the definitive recovery year, with expectations ...
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Market overview | Gulf
Back in the gloomy days of 2008, at the start of the global financial crisis and the impending storm that would affect the leisure boating industry in Europe and the US, the Gulf was seen by many as a market that would provide a lifeline for the boating industry. However, ...
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Yacht Brokerage Market Report | US-Europe Apr-May 2015
Spring brokerage sales in Europe continued the first-quarter trend of higher sales levels than in 2015. Pricing improved in many segments, and sailboat sales were particularly strong.
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Market overview | Scandinavia
A weakened Krona and euro are helping exports of bigger boats but domestically it’s small boat sales that are driving a resurgence
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Yacht Brokerage Market Report | US-Europe January-March 2015
Sales in the first quarter in the United States and Europe followed recent trends, with sales volumes lower in the US and higher in Europe, yet pricing strengthened in the US, and weakened in Europe.
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Market overview | Germany
Despite the Greek debt crisis and ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine, Germany’s leisure marine firms ended 2014 on a relatively upbeat note. Sales of marine goods and services, excluding superyachts, were up by 1.7% to $1.77bn compared to the previous year, with all sectors of the market – new ...
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Market overview | Colombia
Lured by Colombia’s booming economy, a large percentage of its nearly 50 million population have turned to the marketplace for a wide range of products. Cars, seaside properties and boats are some of the high-ticket items in demand.
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Market overview: France
Despite a difficult home market, the French nautical industry is harbouring hopes of recovery on the back of a weakening euro and rising exports
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Market Overview | Italy
With 95% of boat production headed for the export market, Italy’s shipyards have been busy reinventing themselves. Most are courting the Americas and Asia for growth, and looking at non-Italian yards as their newest competitors
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US marine market overview
For the first time since 2008, most US boatbuilders are expecting a good year. While the cruiser and sailboat markets seem to be stalled, and sterndrives still haven’t bottomed out, every other segment is reporting growth.
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South America: Marine market oveview
The boating culture in South America has been growing at a steady pace, but the market hasn’t performed in the same fashion across the region.
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Event | Business: Superyacht - Coating conference - Harmonising the paint sector
Next month’s ISCC gathering will address the environmental, legal — and economic — issues surrounding superyacht coatings
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Boero releases year-end results
The Italian paint and coatings specialist saw total sales for 2007 rise by 8 per cent over the previous year to 124.8 million
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Vetus Ltd appoints UK distributor
Seaware Ltd will stock and supply the Vetus Boat Equipment range in the southwest of England