DNL: Sticky Customers, Improved Product Mix, Growing Top Line with Increasing Margin
Export has reached a historical high of 25% of total sales on a much-improved product mix that results in a higher gross margin. With some very...
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China Autos in December: Looking Back at 2017 and Looking Ahead to 2018
CAAM's reported December auto shipments in China amounted to 2,653,300 passenger vehicles and 407,000 commercial vehicles, to a total of 3,060,300...
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Suzuki Motors Cruises at Top Speed
In our previous note, A Closer Look at Suzuki’s Automobile Operations in India, we examined Suzuki Motor Corporation’s (Suzuki) prospects in India,...
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December 2017 US Automotive Sales: Truck Rally Supported Recovery to SAAR of 17.85 Million
US SAAR in December was 17.85 mil vs. 18.16 million in December 2016 and 17.53 million in November 2017Strong demand with heavier incentives on...
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December U.S. Autos: FY17 Demand Ending a Streak of 7 Annual Gains
December SAAR registered 17.9m units, up 2.4% sequentially but up by 1.4% YoY. In raw unit terms volumes improved by 15% sequentially but were down...
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