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Electric Vehicles in Oil and Gas: Strategic Intelligence
Global battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales grew 13% in 2024 to 10.4 million, making up 14% of new personal vehicle sales—9% in the US, 15% in the EU, and 27% in China. The US is reshoring battery and vehicle production, while Europe combines state aid with efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese parts. China continues expanding globally through partnerships and price competition. These supply chain shifts are creating new power centers in the EV race, forcing companies to adapt or...
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Global Underground Mining Equipment: Populations and Forecasts to 2030
GlobalData's "Global Underground Mining Equipment: Populations & Forecasts to 2030 (2025)” provides detailed data and forecasts for underground mining trucks and underground loaders/LHDs. The data is based on GlobalData's extensive mine-site research and equipment models to generate a complete view of equipment counts globally, with breakdowns by each major region and key mining country, and also by major commodity - including copper and gold. The total number of underground mining trucks and loaders/LHDs in underground mines at the end of...
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Lodging Sector Scorecard: Strategic Intelligence
The lodging sector scorecard report provides a thorough insight into the lodging market. The report looks at the different themes impacting the lodging sector, provides examples of how each theme influnces the industry and what that will look like in the future. The lodging industry is being reshaped by a set of structural themes that influence demand patterns, operating models, and competitive intensity. While travel volumes have generally recovered, the basis of competition has shifted from room supply alone to...
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Mining Software: Global Mine Site Survey of Investment Status and Supplier Choice, 2025
GlobalData’s latest mine-site technology adoption survey shows a higher degree of investment in mine planning & scheduling software versus mine management software. Some 61% had already fully implemented or considerably invested in the former, while 47% had done so for mine management software When comparing the majors to the medium and smaller miners, the majors had invested to a greater extent, although the difference was smaller for mine planning software. However, when it came to expectations for investment in the...
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State of the Biopharmaceutical Industry 2026 Edition
The biopharmaceutical industry is entering 2026 against a backdrop of heightened uncertainty, shaped by macroeconomic volatility, geopolitical tension, regulatory change, and rapid technological evolution. While the sector is often viewed as relatively resilient during economic downturns, it continues to face mounting pressure from pricing and reimbursement constraints, regulatory reform, supply chain disruption, and intensifying demands to innovate sustainably. At the same time, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and personalized medicine are redefining how biopharmaceutical companies operate across the...
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Key Themes in Travel and Tourism for 2026: Strategic Intelligence
The travel and tourism industry is entering a period of rapid change as digital innovation, shifting consumer expectations, and geopolitical uncertainty reshape how travel is planned, sold, and experienced. As companies look ahead to 2026, success will increasingly depend on their ability to anticipate which themes will drive growth, which will disrupt established business models, and which will expose organizations to new risks. GlobalData’s Key Themes in Travel and Tourism report provides a forward-looking view of the forces set to...
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Water Risk and Stewardship in Technology: Strategic Intelligence
Global freshwater use has doubled since the mid-1960s, and demand is set to exceed supply by 40% by 2030, exposing technology companies to operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational pressures. Water stewardship involves using water in ways that are socially equitable, environmentally sustainable, and economically beneficial. Reducing water use, adopting alternative cooling methods, increasing recycling, and taking basin-level action will protect operations and help mitigate emerging regulatory and reputational risks.
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Energy Transition in Oil and Gas: Strategic Intelligence
Energy transition expectations collide with harsh realities. Despite recurring climate-related catastrophes and consistent calls for emission reductions, the pace of the global energy transition is faltering. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy-related CO₂ emissions hit a record 37.8 gigatonnes in 2024, marking more than a six-fold increase since 1950 and reflecting the ongoing dominance of fossil fuels in the world’s energy mix. Major oil and gas companies continue to face public and regulatory pressure to embrace lower-carbon business...
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Ecommerce: FutureTech Series
Innovations in digital commerce and intelligent operations are reshaping how retailers engage customers and manage end-to-end value chains. GlobalData’s latest FutureTech Series report, “Ecommerce,” delivers a comprehensive analysis of five high, medium, and low-impact technologies transforming the sector: design-aware image search, augmented reality overlays, co-engagement graphs, computer vision for retail, and dynamic route optimization. Each innovation addresses critical challenges across personalization, customer experience, operational efficiency, and last-mile delivery. These technologies are assessed using GlobalData’s proprietary Tech Foresights methodology, providing detailed...
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Agentic AI in Travel and Tourism: Strategic Intelligence
This report provides an in-depth look at the agentic AI theme in the travel and tourism sector, covering industry challenges, how AI impacts travel and tourism sectors, case studies, and more. Agentic AI refers to advanced AI systems that act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions with limited or no human supervision. An AI agent is a software program that interacts with its environment, collecting data to perform specific tasks, answer questions, and automate processes for users. According to a...
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