Consumer Markets Abroad articles from April 1987

Consumer Markets Abroad archives from April 1987

Seoul: Korea's high tech hotbed.
April 1, 1987... SEOUL: KOREA'S HIGH-TECH HOTBED Seoul is in the throes of change-- in the way its people live, in the jobs they do, and in the makeup of its populace. The national vortex of money, power, commerce, information, and population, Seoul is at...

New growth to push south of Seoul metro area. (population and economic development)
April 1, 1987... NEW GROWTH TO PUSH SOUTH OF SEOUL METRO AREA When it comes to metropolitan management programs, Seoul's city fathers have tried them all--spatial distribution policies, land-use plans, and industrial location policies. Persistent in its...

The "annual growth rate"; the big ten - how fast are they growing. (illustration)
April 1, 1987... THE "ANNUAL GROWTH RATE' Seoul's average annual growth rate of 6.8 percent between 1950 and 1980 made it one of Asia's fastest growing cities. It beat out such thriving metropolises as Bangkok (3.8 percent), Hong Kong (4.4 percent), Jakarta...

Labor in Tokyo - retired worker income and spending patterns.
April 1, 1987... LABOR IN TOKYO--RETIRED WORKER INCOME AND SPENDING PATTERNS Japan's "silver market' is Tokyo's latest rage--one that shows no signs of going away. Now accounting for about 10 percent of Tokyo's total population, Tokyo's oldsters will...

Canadian wealth.
April 1, 1987... Canadian Wealth The net worth of Canadian families and unattached individuals in May 1984 was $85,344. (Average income in 1983 was $29,113.) The average wealth of unattached individuals was $38,146. Families with two or more members had...

Malaysian population increased at 2.6 percent annually between 1980 and 1985.
April 1, 1987... Malaysian population increased at 2.6 percent annually between 1980 and 1985 The population of Malaysia increased from 13.9 million in 1980 to 15.8 million in 1985. Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak grew at about the same rate, 2.5 percent...

South Korea reaches fertility-reduction milestone.
April 1, 1987... South Korea reaches fertility-reduction milestone They've done it! South Korea recently announced that it had reached replacement-level fertility, with the number of children a woman commonly bears down to 2.1 children per woman. This is...

Fewer bambini in Italy. (family matriarchy)
April 1, 1987... Fewer bambini in Italy Old stereotypes die hard, but the days of Italy's extended family matriarchy are coming to a close. With an increasing proportion of women in full-time employment and the drift away from country life in which...

France splits north and south on where babies are born.
April 1, 1987... France splits north and south on where babies are born The French like to tell of the differences between the northerners and the southerners and their respective ways of life. Northerners are competitive and commercially minded....

More British women singles buy their own homes.
April 1, 1987... More British women singles buy their own homes Britains' women are on the way up. More and more financially independent career women are buying their own homes, as well as their own cars. London women, of course, lead the pack. In...

More West Germans live alone.
April 1, 1987... More West Germans live alone The proportion of West Germans under 20 will decrease from 24 percent of the total population in 1985 to 15 percent of the total population in 2030, according to a study by the Ministry of the Interior. The...