- Ferrari sells just 10,000 cars per year, compared to 8.4 million sold by Volkswagen. Bloomberg
- US manufacturing wages were 40x more expensive than those in China in 1997, today that number is only 4x. Haver Analytics
- At one point in 2018, TikTok bought 25% of all the ads on Facebook's iOS (Apple) network. Reuters
As of 2022, streaming represents 67% of the global music industry revenue, up from only 3% in 2010. IFPI
83% of the top 100 generic medicines have no US manufacturing source. Cortellis
The US has gotten a D grade or worse from the American Society of Civil Engineers for 19 straight years, until last year. ASCE
Visa is accepted in 170 of the world’s 195 countries. Visa
Construction spending related to manufacturing in the US has gone parabolic after years of stagnation, especially in real terms. Census Bureau
Today large cap pharma sits on an estimated $838bn of dry powder, enough to buy 83% of the biotech index. Tema
The industrial sector used to be 14% of the S&P 500 index in 1980, today it represents just 8%. Bloomberg
Mining investment needs to go back to historic highs to hit net zero commitments. Wood Mackenzie
In the last ten years $1.3 trillion has been invested in technology venture capital in OECD countries. OECD
More people now search for Loro Piana shoes than Tod’s. Google Trends
The number of new drugs approved by the FDA in 2022 was double the amount approved in 2010. FDA
In 1985, Michael Jackson, acquired ATV Music Publishing, which gave him the copyrights to nearly 250 Beatles songs. Billboard
In 2001 it cost $100 million dollars to sequence the human genome, today that cost is <$1,000 dollars. NHGRI
An AI server uses 8x more working memory (DRAM) and 3x storage memory (NAND) than a classic server. Lam Research
TSMC’s (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) Fab 18 in Taiwan produces a quintillion transistors every six months. That is more units than has ever been produced in all other factories everywhere in the history of the world. Wired
It took five days for ChatGPT to hit 1 million users, a feat Instagram achieved in 2.5 months and Netflix three and a half years. Business Insider
“A luxury brand must have far more people who know it and dream it than people who buy it.” Jean-Noël Kapferer in ‘The Luxury Strategy’ Luxury Strategy
Panama Canal water levels hit the lowest point in two decades this summer forcing some ships to offload up to 40% of their cargo. Panama Canal
There are just 200,000 Birkin bags in circulation, since the first one was produced in 1984. Bloomberg
In 1920 there were 180 class I railroads in North America – today there are just six. AAR
According to the latest estimates US corporates need to refinance $3.1 trillion of debt in the next five years. Moody’s
Walmart crossed 100,000 sellers on its marketplace. Marketplace Pulse
Everything highlighted in red is an ad. Tema