--- title: | industry deep dive description: industry deep dive | image: https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/assets/hubspot.com/buzz/HubSpotOpenGraph.png --- # Trends Articles Filter by tag All Articles Membership Required Interviews profile Marketing featured industry deep dive eCommerce health and wellness Database how to Technology Entertainment and Media food and beverage Software Analysis DTC Health homepage q and a COVID-19 Uncategorized Business Food Finance and Investing Media Retail Entertainment Transportation Markets environment Guides My First Million Podcast global Beauty Finance Apparel B2B saas sports and fitness Education Real Estate Signals Vice hr service Property travel Design Guide No Paywall medical Diversity HustleCon Newsletters Video Weekly diversity and Inclusion energy hardware & electronics legal pets Posts about ## industry deep dive [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/trash-to-treasure-opportunities-in-the-waste-industry) [ featured ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/featured) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ Uncategorized ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/uncategorized) [ homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/homepage) ## [Trash to Treasure: Opportunities in the Waste Industry](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/trash-to-treasure-opportunities-in-the-waste-industry) [ Amy McMillen ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/amy-mcmillen) Mar 8, 2021 4:43:30 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/the-lucrative-business-of-review-sites) [ featured ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/featured) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/homepage) ## [The Lucrative Business of Review Sites](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/the-lucrative-business-of-review-sites) ***Trendster Cooper Mitchell owns Garage Gym Reviews*** [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Jan 25, 2021 9:16:34 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/esports-the-rise-of-the-next-behemoth-in-competitive-sports) [ featured ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/featured) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ Entertainment and Media ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/entertainment-and-media) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ Technology ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/technology) [ sports and fitness ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/sports-and-fitness) [ homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/homepage) ## [Esports: The Rise of the Next Behemoth in Competitive Sports](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/esports-the-rise-of-the-next-behemoth-in-competitive-sports) The esports market is booming. League of Legends, the most popular esport, broadcast a world final that drew [more viewers than the Super Bowl](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/14/league-of-legends-gets-more-viewers-than-super-bowlwhats-coming-next.html) in 2018. Last year the event was hosted in Paris, and tickets sold out [within seconds](https://luckbox.com/esports-news/article/scalpers-list-lol-worlds-2019-final-tickets-for-eu600-plus).  [ Shân Osborn ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/shân-osborn) Dec 7, 2020 8:40:09 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/inside-the-lucrative-storage-unit-business) [ featured ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/featured) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ Property ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/property) [ homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/homepage) ## [54% Profit: A Look Inside the Lucrative Storage Unit Business](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/inside-the-lucrative-storage-unit-business) [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Oct 25, 2020 3:09:00 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/inside-the-recession-proof-industry-of-pet-health) [ featured ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/featured) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ food and beverage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/food-and-beverage) [ homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/homepage) [ pets ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/pets) ## [Inside the “Recession-Proof” Industry of Pet Health](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/inside-the-recession-proof-industry-of-pet-health) [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Sep 27, 2020 2:56:57 AM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/27-margins-lessons-from-the-paper-notebook-business) [ Business ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/business) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) ## [27% Margins: Lessons From the Paper Notebook Business](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/27-margins-lessons-from-the-paper-notebook-business) For a brief time in the mid-2010s the well-known notebook brand Moleskine was listed as a publicly traded company on the Milanese stock exchange. In their 2015 financial statements, they reported a whopping ~27% operating profit margin. [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Sep 8, 2020 3:01:47 AM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/the-junto) [ Business ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/business) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) ## [The Modern Junto: How Executive Peer Groups Print Millions](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/the-junto) ***(Lindsay Kaplan & Carolyn Childers are printing Benjamins with their modern, women-centric executive peer group, Chief) *** [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Aug 10, 2020 4:24:49 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/boutique-hotel-industry) [ Real Estate ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/real-estate) [ Membership Required ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) ## [Get a Room: Finding Opportunities in the $18B Boutique Hotel Industry](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/boutique-hotel-industry) It’s been nearly 5 years since Marriott Hotels & Resorts shook up the travel world by announcing its intention to acquire Starwood, its high-end hotel competitor. When the deal closed in the fall of 2016 for $13.6B, Marriott had created the world’s largest branded hotel chain, [accounting for 1 in 7 hotel rooms in North America](https://fortune.com/2017/06/14/marriott-arne-sorenson-starwood-acquisition-airbnb/). While the recent spread of coronavirus has put a chill on the hotel and travel industry, the long-term macro trends that motivated Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to complete the Starwood acquisition remains. [ Trung Phan ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/trung-phan) Mar 9, 2020 6:12:07 PM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/largest-collectibles-auction-business) [ Membership Required ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ profile ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/profile) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) ## [How the World’s Largest Collectibles Auction Business Makes $800m+/Year from Nostalgia](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/largest-collectibles-auction-business) This report is part of our “Brainstorm Breakdown,” in which we riff off ideas Sam & Shaan have discussed on their [“My First Million” brainstorms](https://trends.co/podcasts/). Here, we explain how to make money from nostalgia by breaking down the growing business of Heritage Auctions. [ Aja Frost @ajavuu ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) Mar 3, 2020 11:59:10 AM [ Read more ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/executive-recruiting-industry) [ Membership Required ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/membership-required) [ Articles ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/articles) [ industry deep dive ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/industry-deep-dive) [ Markets ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/tag/markets) ## [Breaking Into the $15B Executive Recruiting Industry](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/executive-recruiting-industry) Over the past few weeks, the topic of the executive search and recruiting industry has sparked quite a bit of interest within the Trends community. [ Trung Phan ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/trung-phan) Feb 25, 2020 9:01:02 AM