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Cluster-Level Consolidation: The Silent Restructuring of Global Manufacturing
Global manufacturing clusters are undergoing a quiet but decisive restructuring. Across textiles in Bangladesh and Vietnam, auto components in Mexico and Eastern Europe, and engineering goods in China+1 hubs across Southeast Asia, a clear pattern is emerging: weaker firms are exiting, while stronger, better-capitalised units are absorbing labour, machinery, tooling,…
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Vietnam and the Quiet Rebalancing of Global Manufacturing
The global manufacturing map has rarely shifted quietly, yet that is precisely what is unfolding as Vietnam consolidates its position as one of Asia’s most consequential manufacturing hubs by 2026. This rise is not a sudden breakout driven by a single policy shock or geopolitical accident. Instead, it reflects a…
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Buyer Behaviour Turns Tougher: When Power Moves Down the Supply Chain
For much of industrial history, demand was the dominant uncertainty and producers structured their systems to manage volatility at the consumer end. From mass production in the post-war decades to the lean manufacturing revolution of the 1980s and 1990s, efficiency gains largely benefited large buyers—retailers, OEMs, and global brands—who could…
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Evolving Dark Offices: When Workplaces No Longer Need Light
The idea of the dark office—a workplace that functions with little or no human presence—marks a quiet but profound shift in the history of work. Much like the “lights-out factories” of the late twentieth century, dark offices are not about darkness as absence, but about automation as presence. Tasks once…
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Private versus Public Investment: What Is Really Pulling India’s Growth?
India’s current growth story sits at an unusual historical crossroads. At a time when headline GDP growth for FY26 is projected in the 6.5–7.4% range, the composition of that growth reveals a deeper structural imbalance. The economy is expanding, but it is being carried disproportionately by the state rather than…
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Trade Uncertainty in the Shadow of a 500% Tariff Threat
Trade wars have always arrived dressed as morality plays. From the Smoot–Hawley tariffs of the 1930s to the technology embargoes of the 2010s, economic instruments have repeatedly been repurposed as geopolitical weapons. The current proposal emerging from Washington—backed publicly by Donald Trump—to impose up to 500% tariffs on countries purchasing…
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Diamonds Are Forever—But the Industry Is Not
For nearly a century, the diamond industry sold more than a gemstone. It sold permanence. Love that outlived generations. Wealth that resisted time. The slogan “A Diamond is Forever” did not just market a product—it created an economic myth that sustained prices, employment, and national industries across continents. Yet from…
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Stablecoins : A Digital Coin That Tries to Stay Calm
Imagine money that lives on the internet like Bitcoin, but does not jump up and down in price every day. That is exactly what a stablecoin tries to be. A stablecoin is a type of digital money designed to stay stable in value, usually equal to something familiar like 1…
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Cluster-Level Consolidation Accelerates
Across India’s manufacturing landscape, a quiet but consequential restructuring is underway. In textiles, engineering goods, auto components, and food processing clusters, the old equilibrium of numerous small, loosely connected units is giving way to a leaner architecture. Weaker firms—strained by cost pressures, compliance burdens, and volatile demand—are exiting. Stronger firms…
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