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Market background.
The world is well aware that Canadians are avid travellers. In 2019, they spent 256 million nights on leisure trips to domestic and foreign destinations, during which they spent over $42.5 billion in these destinations, excluding airfare.
Overnight leisure trips to domestic destinations captured less than half of this time (42% or 108 million nights) and these expenditures (35% or $14.9 billion).
By choosing to explore Canada, Canadians can play a critical role in bolstering the tourism economy, creating jobs and revitalizing local businesses across Canada. A shift in vacation time and spending from international to domestic travels will sustain jobs and rebuild businesses upon which communities depend for their vitality and the quality of life of all Canadians.
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One of the most underrated skills you can have as a marketer is marketing research — which is great news for this unapologetic cyber sleuth.
From brand design and product development to buyer personas and competitive analysis, I’ve researched a number of initiatives in my decade-long marketing career.
And let me tell you: having the right marketing research methods in your toolbox is a must.
Market research is the secret to crafting a strategy that will truly help you accomplish your goals. The good news is there is no shortage of options.
Thanks to the Internet, we have more marketing research (or market research) methods at our fingertips than ever, but they’re not all created equal. Let’s quickly go over how to choose the right one.
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What are you researching? Do you need to understand your audience better? How about your competition? Or maybe you want to know more about your customer’s feelings about a specific product.
Before starting your research, take some time to identify precisely what you’re looking for. This could be a goal you want to reach, a problem you need to solve, or a question you need to answer.
For example, an objective may be as foundational as understanding your ideal customer better to create new buyer personas for your marketing agency (pause for flashbacks to my former life).
Or if you’re an organic sode company, it could be trying to learn what flavors people are craving.
Next, determine what data type will best answer the problems or questions you identified. There are primarily two types: qualitative and quantitative. (Sound familiar, right?)
Understanding the differences between qualitative and quantitative data will help you pinpoint which research methods will yield the desired results.
For instance, thinking of our earlier examples, qualitative data would usually be best suited for buyer personas, while quantitative data is more useful for the soda flavors.
However, truth be told, the two really work together.
Qualitative conclusions are usually drawn from quantitative, numerical data. So, you’ll likely need both to get the complete picture of your subject.
For example, if your quantitative data says 70% of people are Team Black and only 30% are Team Green — Shout out to my fellow House of the Dragon fans — your qualitative data will say people support Black more than Green.
(As they should.)
You’ll also want to understand the difference between primary and secondary research.
Primary research involves collecting new, original data directly from the source (say, your target market). In other words, it’s information gathered first-hand that wasn’t found elsewhere.
Some examples include conducting experiments, surveys, interviews, observations, or focus groups.
Meanwhile, secondary research is the analysis and interpretation of existing data collected from others. Think of this like what we used to do for school projects: We would read a book, scour the internet, or pull insights from others to work from.
So, which is better?
Personally, I say any research is good research, but if you have the time and resources, primary research is hard to top. With it, you don’t have to worry about your source's credibility or how relevant it is to your specific objective.
You are in full control and best equipped to get the reliable information you need.
Once you know your objective and what kind of data you want, you’re ready to select your marketing research method.
For instance, let’s say you’re a restaurant trying to see how attendees felt about the Speed Dating event you hosted last week.
You shouldn’t run a field experiment or download a third-party report on speed dating events; those would be useless to you. You need to conduct a survey that allows you to ask pointed questions about the event.
This would yield both qualitative and quantitative data you can use to improve and bring together more love birds next time around.
Now that you know what you’re looking for in a marketing research method, let’s dive into the best options.
Note: According to HubSpot’s 2024 State of Marketing report, understanding customers and their needs is one of the biggest challenges facing marketers today. The options we discuss are great consumer research methodologies , but they can also be used for other areas.
1. interviews.
Interviews are a form of primary research where you ask people specific questions about a topic or theme. They typically deliver qualitative information.
I’ve conducted many interviews for marketing purposes, but I’ve also done many for journalistic purposes, like this profile on comedian Zarna Garg . There’s no better way to gather candid, open-ended insights in my book, but that doesn’t mean they’re a cure-all.
What I like: Real-time conversations allow you to ask different questions if you’re not getting the information you need. They also push interviewees to respond quickly, which can result in more authentic answers.
What I dislike: They can be time-consuming and harder to measure (read: get quantitative data) unless you ask pointed yes or no questions.
Best for: Creating buyer personas or getting feedback on customer experience, a product, or content.
Focus groups are similar to conducting interviews but on a larger scale.
In marketing and business, this typically means getting a small group together in a room (or Zoom), asking them questions about various topics you are researching. You record and/or observe their responses to then take action.
They are ideal for collecting long-form, open-ended feedback, and subjective opinions.
One well-known focus group you may remember was run by Domino’s Pizza in 2009 .
After poor ratings and dropping over $100 million in revenue, the brand conducted focus groups with real customers to learn where they could have done better.
It was met with comments like “worst excuse for pizza I’ve ever had” and “the crust tastes like cardboard.” But rather than running from the tough love, it took the hit and completely overhauled its recipes.
The team admitted their missteps and returned to the market with better food and a campaign detailing their “Pizza Turn Around.”
The result? The brand won a ton of praise for its willingness to take feedback, efforts to do right by its consumers, and clever campaign. But, most importantly, revenue for Domino’s rose by 14.3% over the previous year.
The brand continues to conduct focus groups and share real footage from them in its promotion:
What I like: Similar to interviewing, you can dig deeper and pivot as needed due to the real-time nature. They’re personal and detailed.
What I dislike: Once again, they can be time-consuming and make it difficult to get quantitative data. There is also a chance some participants may overshadow others.
Best for: Product research or development
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Surveys are a form of primary research where individuals are asked a collection of questions. It can take many different forms.
They could be in person, over the phone or video call, by email, via an online form, or even on social media. Questions can be also open-ended or closed to deliver qualitative or quantitative information.
A great example of a close-ended survey is HubSpot’s annual State of Marketing .
In the State of Marketing, HubSpot asks marketing professionals from around the world a series of multiple-choice questions to gather data on the state of the marketing industry and to identify trends.
The survey covers various topics related to marketing strategies, tactics, tools, and challenges that marketers face. It aims to provide benchmarks to help you make informed decisions about your marketing.
It also helps us understand where our customers’ heads are so we can better evolve our products to meet their needs.
Apple is no stranger to surveys, either.
In 2011, the tech giant launched Apple Customer Pulse , which it described as “an online community of Apple product users who provide input on a variety of subjects and issues concerning Apple.”
"For example, we did a large voluntary survey of email subscribers and top readers a few years back."
While these readers gave us a long list of topics, formats, or content types they wanted to see, they sometimes engaged more with content types they didn’t select or favor as much on the surveys when we ran follow-up ‘in the wild’ tests, like A/B testing.”
Pepsi saw similar results when it ran its iconic field experiment, “The Pepsi Challenge” for the first time in 1975.
The beverage brand set up tables at malls, beaches, and other public locations and ran a blindfolded taste test. Shoppers were given two cups of soda, one containing Pepsi, the other Coca-Cola (Pepsi’s biggest competitor). They were then asked to taste both and report which they preferred.
People overwhelmingly preferred Pepsi, and the brand has repeated the experiment multiple times over the years to the same results.
What I like: It yields qualitative and quantitative data and can make for engaging marketing content, especially in the digital age.
What I dislike: It can be very time-consuming. And, if you’re not careful, there is a high risk for scientific error.
Best for: Product testing and competitive analysis
Pro tip: " Don’t make critical business decisions off of just one data set," advises Pamela Bump. "Use the survey, competitive intelligence, external data, or even a focus group to give you one layer of ideas or a short-list for improvements or solutions to test. Then gather your own fresh data to test in an experiment or trial and better refine your data-backed strategy."
8. public domain or third-party research.
While original data is always a plus, there are plenty of external resources you can access online and even at a library when you’re limited on time or resources.
Some reputable resources you can use include:
It’s also smart to turn to reputable organizations that are specific to your industry or field. For instance, if you’re a gardening or landscaping company, you may want to pull statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
If you’re a digital marketing agency, you could look to Google Research or HubSpot Research . (Hey, I know them!)
What I like: You can save time on gathering data and spend more time on analyzing. You can also rest assured the data is from a source you trust.
What I dislike: You may not find data specific to your needs.
Best for: Companies under a time or resource crunch, adding factual support to content
Pro tip: Fellow HubSpotter Iskiev suggests using third-party data to inspire your original research. “Sometimes, I use public third-party data for ideas and inspiration. Once I have written my survey and gotten all my ideas out, I read similar reports from other sources and usually end up with useful additions for my own research.”
If the data you need isn’t available publicly and you can’t do your own market research, you can also buy some. There are many reputable analytics companies that offer subscriptions to access their data. Statista is one of my favorites, but there’s also Euromonitor , Mintel , and BCC Research .
What I like: Same as public domain research
What I dislike: You may not find data specific to your needs. It also adds to your expenses.
Best for: Companies under a time or resource crunch or adding factual support to content
You’re not going to like my answer, but “it depends.” The best marketing research method for you will depend on your objective and data needs, but also your budget and timeline.
My advice? Aim for a mix of quantitative and qualitative data. If you can do your own original research, awesome. But if not, don’t beat yourself up. Lean into free or low-cost tools . You could do primary research for qualitative data, then tap public sources for quantitative data. Or perhaps the reverse is best for you.
Whatever your marketing research method mix, take the time to think it through and ensure you’re left with information that will truly help you achieve your goals.
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Oil markets exhibited Olympic levels of volatility over recent weeks. Benchmark crude oil prices tumbled sharply lower in July and early August as unexpected economic data threw the market off balance. Questions over the health of the global economy re-emerged as Japan increased interest rates sparking a reversal in yen carry trades, China’s outlook deteriorated and US hiring slowed in July. But persistent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and some relatively positive macroeconomic data backstopped weakness in oil futures, with prices rebounding higher in the second week of August. Moreover, OPEC+ cuts are also tightening physical markets, lifting North Sea Dated to a $2/bbl premium against the front-month ICE contract. At the time of writing, ICE Brent futures traded at around $80/bbl, down by more than $6/bbl since the start of July.
Our outlook for global oil demand is largely unchanged from last month’s Report, with growth projected at slightly less than 1 mb/d in both 2024 and 2025. However, a meaningful shift in drivers is becoming apparent. In June, Chinese oil demand contracted for a third consecutive month, driven by a slump in industrial inputs, including for the petrochemical sector. Preliminary trade data point to further weakness in July, as crude oil imports sank to their lowest level since the stringent lockdowns of September 2022. By contrast, demand in advanced economies, especially for US gasoline, has shown signs of strength in recent months. The US economy, where one-third of global gasoline is consumed, has outperformed peers, with a resilient service sector buttressing miles driven. As a result, OECD oil consumption flipped from a 300 kb/d annual contraction in 1Q24 to growth of 190 kb/d in the second quarter.
Despite the marked slowdown in Chinese oil demand growth, OPEC+ has yet to call time on its plan to gradually unwind voluntary production cuts starting in the fourth quarter. Its Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) reiterated on 1 August, however, that the group could pause or reverse its decision depending on prevailing market conditions. Our current balances suggest that even if those cuts remain in place, global inventories could build by an average 860 kb/d next year as non-OPEC+ supply increases of around 1.5 mb/d in 2024 and again in 2025 more than cover expected demand growth. The Americas quartet of the United States, Guyana, Canada and Brazil account for three-quarters, or roughly 1.1 mb/d, of non-OPEC+ supply gains in each of the two years.
For now, supply is struggling to keep pace with peak summer demand, tipping the market into a deficit. As a result, global inventories have taken a hit. After four months of gains, June saw oil inventories fall by 26.2 mb. Crude oil stocks dropped by 40.9 mb, even as China built substantially. Meanwhile, oil products rose by 14.8 mb, supported by large builds in US LPG. Preliminary July data suggest this trend continued, with total stocks declining once again as crude inventories lost further ground while oil products made gains. This dynamic is squeezing refinery margins, potentially setting the stage for an upset and shift in refinery activity in the coming months. Competition in the oil markets will continue even after the Olympic and Paralympic
OPEC+ crude oil production 1 million barrels per day
Algeria | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 0.07 |
Congo | 0.26 | 0.26 | -0.02 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.01 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0.06 | 0.06 | -0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.0 |
Gabon | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.0 |
Iraq | 4.28 | 4.36 | 0.43 | 3.93 | 4.87 | 0.51 |
Kuwait | 2.48 | 2.52 | 0.11 | 2.41 | 2.88 | 0.36 |
Nigeria | 1.29 | 1.26 | -0.24 | 1.5 | 1.42 | 0.16 |
Saudi Arabia | 8.87 | 9.01 | 0.03 | 8.98 | 12.11 | 3.1 |
UAE | 3.28 | 3.3 | 0.39 | 2.91 | 4.28 | 0.98 |
Iran | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.8 | |||
Libya | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 0.07 | ||
Venezuela | 0.9 | 0.92 | 0.87 | -0.05 | ||
Azerbaijan | 0.48 | 0.48 | -0.07 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.01 |
Kazakhstan | 1.59 | 1.59 | 0.14 | 1.45 | 1.62 | 0.03 |
Mexico | 1.57 | 1.58 | 1.6 | 0.02 | ||
Oman | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.0 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.09 |
Russia | 9.24 | 9.23 | 0.25 | 8.98 | 9.76 | |
Others | 0.72 | 0.72 | -0.15 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.13 |
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In the car-centric United States, we have a bit of a love affair with oil. And that romance is really an international love story — one where our neighbors to the north play a starring role, accounting for a growing share of oil that the U.S. refines and imports.
If Canadian crude and U.S. refineries were in a rom-com, Canadian crude would be the boy next door, the one U.S. refiners overlooked when they were courting Latin American oil back in the late 1980s and early ’90s.
“So, you can think of Venezuela, Mexico,” said Kevin Birn with S&P Global Commodity Insights, alluding to when the world thought we were running out of oil. “The Gulf Coast refineries were looking for security of supply. A lot of these refiners entered into long-term joint-venture agreements with the suppliers to get access to security of that heavy barrel supply.”
Big money was put into refining capacity that catered to the heavy Latin American oil, which is more expensive to refine into diesel or gasoline, Birn said.
“You need the ability to reach higher temperatures, and you need to have specially designed facilities that can handle that as well,” Birn said. “And so those joint ventures led to an expansion in U.S. refining capacity to process heavy barrels, first in the Gulf Coast region in the early ’90s, and that continued through to the early 2000s.”
Those refineries had really invested in their relationship with heavy Latin American oil.
“But as we entered this century, millennia, we saw that kind of slow down,” Birn said. “A lot of those deals were rolling off, and the Latin American supply began to slow.”
And even though we saw fracking and horizontal drilling transform the Permian Basin in West Texas into one of the most significant oil producing regions in the world, the oil there was not as compatible with the expensive new U.S. refineries, said Ryan Kellogg with the University of Chicago.
“All of that capacity was built before the shale boom started. And all of a sudden, we had all this really nice, light, sweet crude available in the U.S.,” Kellogg said. “So, we’re now in this position where we have these very high-tech refineries that can process the really heavy crude.”
We needed to get that heavy crude from somewhere else.
“Think about the oil sands or tar sands of Alberta. Basically, this is like really thick, heavy, goopy crude oil,” Kellogg said.
And Chuck Mason with the University of Wyoming said Alberta’s oil sands also had a geographical advantage.
“In the grand scheme of things, not super-duper far away from the refining sector,” Mason said.
And for Canada, exporting heavy crude by pipeline and rail to its oil-hungry southern neighbor made sense.
“This source of production that we’re talking about is the very epitome of land a landlocked resource,” Mason said. “U.S. refiners were just better buyers, because they were there easier to connect. The transactions costs associated with connecting up with them are massively smaller.”
It was a sensible match.
“The relationship was very symbiotic,” Birn said, and that has only strengthened over the years. “Canadian growth occurred at such a rate and scale that it overwhelmed that region, and additional infrastructure was designed to deliver that crude oil into the Gulf Coast region of the United States, and increasing volumes and then making it to the U.S. Gulf Coast.”
Many miles of new pipeline later, 60% of U.S. crude oil imports come from Canada, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. A decade ago, it was just 33%.
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To make sure health products in Canada are safe and effective, they must first be evaluated through clinical trials. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadian-led clinical trials to advance the development of new treatments and tools with the potential to save lives, improve health outcomes, and strengthen Canada’s capacity for future innovation.
August 13, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The Government of Canada is committed to advancing the development of new treatments and tools with the potential to save lives, improve health outcomes, and strengthen Canada’s capacity for future innovation. To make sure health products in Canada are safe and effective, they must first be evaluated through clinical trials.
That is why today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced that the Government of Canada is investing more than $43 million to support 14 new clinical trials focused on preparing Canada to respond to future health emergencies and advancing the country’s life sciences sector.
The 14 clinical trials will assess treatments, diagnostic tests, and prevention tools for a wide range of health concerns including the flu, sepsis, stroke, tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, hepatitis C, COVID-19, and pneumonia.
These trials are being supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Clinical Trials Fund, an important part of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, and Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research.
The full list of clinical trials can be found here: CIHR Clinical Trials Projects
“Canada is home to many world-class researchers passionate about improving the health and wellness of Canadians and the world. Congratulations to the 14 clinical trials research teams whose projects are advancing the development of life-saving treatments.” The Honourable Mark Holland Minister of Health
“CIHR is proud to support 14 innovative clinical trials testing ground-breaking treatments and tools to protect people living in Canada from significant threats to our health. I am eager to see where these trials will lead.” Dr. Tammy Clifford Acting President, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Including this new investment, since 2022, more than $103.1M has been provided for 36 clinical trials projects through the CIHR Clinical Trials Fund , Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research , and Canada's Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies , housed at CIHR.
The Clinical Trials Fund is an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy , which aims to strengthen research capacity in Canada and accelerate the development of new scientifically proven treatments and vaccines, to improve health outcomes for Canadians.
The Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy presents a long‑term vision to protect Canadians against future pandemics and other health emergencies and to grow an innovative, competitive domestic life sciences sector.
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In late 2023, Immigration Minister Marc Miller revealed that his department was working on a “broad and comprehensive” plan to “regularize” the status of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who either came to Canada illegally or overstayed their visas.
The planned move to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants, many of whom had been working in Canada for years, drew praise from the New Democratic Party, on whose support the Liberal minority government has relied to stay in power.
Fortunately, Mr. Miller has now put that plan on ice. And none too soon, as the fallout from Ottawa’s short-sighted approach to immigration begins to show up in the labour market, with soaring unemployment among youth and newcomers.
There should always be room for exceptions on humanitarian grounds. But blanket amnesty for undocumented immigrants would send a clear message to the vast majority of the country’s 2.8 million temporary residents , who are legally obligated to leave when their student visas or temporary work permits expire, or if their asylum claims or applications for permanent residency are rejected. It would encourage temporary residents to go underground in the belief that Ottawa would eventually grant them amnesty, too.
That is the last message the Trudeau government should be sending at a time when the unintended consequences of its move as the pandemic receded to massively boost immigration to torque economic growth have now been laid bare.
As Statistics Canada reported on Friday, the unemployment rate among youth aged between 15 and 24 surged to 14.2 per cent in July, up 3.6 percentage points from 2023 and the highest rate (outside of the pandemic) since 2012.
Among recent immigrants in that age group, the jobless rate stood at a non-seasonally adjusted 22.8 per cent in July, up 8.6 percentage points in one year. Among all recent immigrants – newcomers who have been in the country for less than five years – the unemployment rate hit 12.6 per cent last month.
These numbers are all the more concerning considering that, over all, Canada’s economy has continued to grow over the past year, however modestly. Rising unemployment among young people and new immigrants outside of a recession augurs poorly for how such groups can be expected to fare during an economic downturn, the likelihood of which appears to be rising, as the U.S. and global economies show signs of sputtering to a halt.
Research has shown that entering the labour market during a recession can leave long-term scars on young people and new immigrants, who can continue to experience lower earnings long after economic growth resumes. That is why federal immigration policy needs to be based on more than stoking short-term growth or pleasing certain political constituencies.
It has taken far too long for the Liberals to figure this out. The Trudeau government belatedly announced in March that it aimed to shrink the proportion of non-permanent residents, or NPRs, in the country to 5 per cent from 6.2 per cent of the overall population by 2027.
But execution has never been this government’s strong suit, and many analysts remain skeptical that it will reach its target. Indeed, Ottawa approved 71,000 applications to hire temporary foreign workers in the first quarter of 2024 alone.
“NPRs represented 6.8 per cent of the population at the beginning of April – much higher than at the time of the March announcement – and the share is expected to continue rising over the near term,” the Bank of Canada noted in July.
“This suggests that it will take longer for planned policies to reduce NPR inflows to achieve the 5 per cent target.”
What this means for a labour market that is already showing significant signs of slack is cause for concern. Canada’s population continues to grow at an unsustainable rate, while job growth is slowing rapidly. The size of the labour market increased by 3.5 per cent in the year to July, but employment rose by only 1.7 per cent.
Over all, Canada lost 2,800 jobs last month, but that figure belies a growing imbalance between the public and private sectors. Private-sector employment declined by 42,000 last month, after staying flat in May and June; the public sector continued to add jobs in July, and accounts for about 60 per cent of all job growth in the past year. The government hiring spree cannot continue indefinitely, as a weaker overall job market begins to eat into tax revenues.
“The Canadian job vacancy rate and our own Canadian Hiring Index have shown little sign of revival having declined steadily amid weakening labour demand over the past two years,” the Conference Board of Canada said in a note on the July jobs report.
“The tepid job numbers in Canada will do little to build confidence among businesses that momentum is building, and we are unlikely to see a pick-up in hiring until sentiment improves.”
The Trudeau government’s misguided immigration policies will continue to make the situation worse for a while yet. It cannot turn the taps off temporary immigration fast enough to correct the imbalance it has created in the labour market.
Young people and recent newcomers are now paying the price for the Liberals’ immigration folly.
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Another strong quarter for AMD.
AMD enjoyed another great quarter in Q2 2024 as it gained share in data center and laptop CPU markets, according to a new report from CPU market tracker Mercury Research . Still, Intel gained share in desktops and continues to lead in terms of units in general.
Intel continued to dominate the client PC market in the second quarter of 2024, securing a 78.9% market share, while AMD held 21.1%. This outcome is expected, considering the strength and variety of Intel's client product lineup. Still, AMD managed to increase its unit share by 0.5% sequentially and by 3.8% year-over-year. Despite AMD's ongoing success, it will likely take the company years to achieve the sales growth needed to fully shift the market in its favor, not only because Intel dominates corporate PC sales but also because of Intel's access to vast production capacity.
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23.0% | 23.9% | 19.8% | 19.2% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 13.9% | 20.5% | 18.3% | 16.2% | 17.0% | 17.1% | 19.3% | 19.3% | 20.1% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 18.3% | 18% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 15.8% | 13% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 11.4% | 9.9% | 9.1% | |
-1% / +3.6 | +4.1 / +4.7 | +0.6 / +1.2 | -0.2 / +0.5 | +0.1 / -1.02 | +0.6 / +0.9 | +4.7 / +2.4 | -6.6 / -3.1 | +2.2 / +3.4 | +2.1 / -1.0 | -0.8 / -3.1 | -0.1 / -3.1 | -2.3 / -2.1 | +0.1 / +0.7 | -0.8 / +1.0 | +0.9 / +2.1 | +0.6 / +2.1 | +0.3 / +1.5 | +0.3 / +2.4 | +0.9 / +5 | Flat / +4.8 | +1.3 / +4.9 | +2.8 / +3.8 | +0.7 / +2.1 | +0.1 / +1.2 | +0.2 / +0.8 | +1.1 / +2.1 | -0.2 / +1.8 | -0.3 / - | +1.5 / - | +0.8 / - | - |
AMD lost 1% of market share to Intel in desktop PCs in the second quarter of 2024 and now controls 23%, leaving 77% to Intel. Considering that AMD was preparing to release its all-new Zen 5-based CPUs for desktops in August, we doubt the company was too aggressive with stuffing the channel with its previous-generation Zen 4-based offerings, which might be one of the reasons why the company lost a small chunk of the market to its rival. Then again, when compared to the second quarter of 2023, AMD gained a 3.6% share in Q2 2024, which is quite a good result.
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20.3% | 19.3% | 20.3% | 19.5% | 16.5% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 15.7% | 24.8% | 22.5% | 21.6% | 22.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% | 19% | 20.2% | 19.9% | 17.1% | 16.2% | 14.7% | 14.1% | 13.1% | 12.2% | 10.9% | 8.8% | |
+1 / +3.8 | -1 / +3.1 | 0.8 / 3.9 | 2.9 / 3.8 | 0.3 / -8.3 | -0.2 / -6.3 | +0.8 / -5.1 | -9.1 / -6.4 | +2.3 / +4.8 | +0.9 / +4.4 | -0.4 / +2.6 | +2.0 / +1.8 | +1.9 / +0.01 | -1.0 / +1.1 | -1.2 / +2.8 | +0.3 / +5.5 | +2.9 / +5.8 | +0.9 / +3.2 | +1.5 / +4.0 | +0.7 / +3.8 | +1.0 / +5.3 | +0.9 / ? | Row 2 - Cell 23 | Row 2 - Cell 24 | Row 2 - Cell 25 |
On the laptop front, AMD made gains both sequentially and year-over-year. The company commanded 20.3% of x86 processors for laptops in Q2 2024: this is 1% higher than in the first quarter of this year and 3.8% higher than in the same quarter a year ago.
Apparently, even the upcoming launch of Zen 5-based Ryzen AI and Copilot+ and the AI PC frenzy are not expected to lower demand for AMD's existing offerings for notebooks , which is why PC makers accelerated purchases of these products. Another reason for AMD's success could be Intel's issues with supplying enough Meteor Lake PCs. Still, AMD does not seem to have sold many expensive ('expensive' does not mean highest-end, though) Ryzen CPUs. Its laptop CPU revenue share is 17.7%, which is well below its 20.3% unit market share. Again, AMD's position improved as it increased its revenue share by 2.8% compared to the second quarter of this year and by a rather noticeable 4.5% compared to the second quarter of 2023.
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24.1% | 23.6% | 23.1% | 23.3% | 18.6% | 18% | 17.6% | 17.5% | 13.9% | 11.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.8% | |
+0.5 / + 5.6 | +0.5 / +5.6 | -0.2 / 5.5 | 4.7 / 5.8 | 0.6 / 4.7 | +0.4 / +6.3 | +0.1 / +6.9 | +3.6 / +7.3 | +2.3 / +4.4 | +0.9 / +2.7 | +0.5% / +3.6 | +0.7 / +3.6 | +0.6 / +3.7 | +1.8 / +3.8 | +0.5 / +2.6 | +0.8 / +2.3 | +0.7 / +2.4 | +0.6 / 2.2 | +0.2 / +1.4 | +0.9 / +2.7 | +0.5 / +2.0 | -0.3 / - | +1.6 / 2.4 | +0.2 / - | Row 2 - Cell 25 | Row 2 - Cell 26 |
AMD's biggest success for the second quarter probably lies in the server space. The company has managed to capture another 0.5% share away from Intel and now controls 24.1% of the data center CPU market with its EPYC CPUs. When compared to the second quarter of 2024, AMD's gain looks even more impressive, as the company grabbed 5.6% from Intel.
Although Intel is an indisputable leader when it comes to volumes, as it still controlled some 75.9% of datacenter CPU shipments in the second quarter, it is necessary to note that AMD seems to lead in high-end crème-de-la-crème machines that require the most powerful and expensive processors, as we can conclude from the financial results of the two companies in Q2 2024. While Intel earned $3.0 billion selling 75.9% of data center CPUs (in terms of units), AMD earned $2.8 billion selling 24.1% of server CPUs (in terms of units), which signals that the average selling price of an AMD EPYC is considerably higher than the ASP of an Intel Xeon.
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Indeed, AMD's revenue share of the server market in Q2 2024 was 33.7%, as calculated by AMD itself based on data from Mercury Research. That is up 0.7% QoQ and 6.6% YoY, an impressive result. Then again, Intel has nothing to offer against AMD's 96-core and 128-core processors for now, so AMD controls the market for high-end servers.
Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.
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TesseractOrion said: Best hope is that Intel fails and other, more innovative and market disruptive companies get traction.
rluker5 said: What could Intel do to be more innovative?
Kamen Rider Blade said: Sell off it's Design side and become "TRULY INDEPENDENT". Pledge to never have a Design Division EVER AGAIN, just like TSMC. Become a "For Contract" Semi-Conductor Foundry Let Intel's Design side become a independent Fabless company, just like AMD.
Pierce2623 said: To be fair, Intel only has access to “vast production capacity” if they can get back to producing their chips in their own foundries. 18A is holding all their hopes and dreams but supposedly it’s pretty good. Lets hope it turns out that way.
dalek1234 said: Nothing at this point. Intel started screwing up more than 10 years ago. It has been slowly catching up with them since. It's a slowly sinking Titanic. They couldn't save the Titanic; Intel is no different now.
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