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Friday, June 10, 2011

In case you're in one of these industries


From The Wall Street Journal:


Top 10 Dying Industries


SectorRevenue 2010 (in millions)Decline 2000-2010Forecast Decline 2010-2016Establish- ments 2010Decline 2000-2010Forecast Decline 2010-2016
Wired Telecommunications Carriers$154,096-54.9%-37.1%23,474-10.5%-15.9%
Mills$54,645-50.2%-10.0%9,553-23.6%-12.8%
Newspaper Publishing$40,726-35.9%-18.8%6,128-28.6%-17.6%
Apparel Manufacturing$12,800-77.1%-8.5%2,265-60.5%-11.3%
DVD, Game & Video Rental$7,839-35.7%-19.3%17,369-34.8%-11.2%
Manufactured Home Dealers$4,538-73.7%-62.0%3,968-56.7%-58.7%
Video Postproduction Services$4,276-24.9%-10.7%1,789-43.2%-37.8%
Record Stores$1,804-76.3%-39.7%2,916-77.4%-11.6%
Photofinishing$1,603-69.1%-39.1%7,083-59.3%-33.3%
Formal Wear & Costume Rental$736-35.0%-14.6%2,310-28.5%-17.0%
 
 
If you're still in one of these, you should probably bail.


Just sayin'.


Link to original story:  http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/28/top-10-dying-industries/

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