Questions about environmental degradation and the toxicity of heavy metals challenged the inorganic pigment industry throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Yes
Deregulation is the cutting back of federal regulation of industry and it affected certain industries in the 1980s by increasing the competition and lowered prices for consumers.
Savings and loans
The mutual fund industry controlled about $300 billion in assets by the early 1980s
Savings and loan banks
By the late 1980s, the bra and girdle industry came almost full-circle as tastes and styles changed once again. Bras, girdles, and even corsets were popularized by performers such as Madonna.
Industry growth lagged during the 1980s, due in part to foreign imports. Also, more popular solid-state components reduced demand for traditional electromechanical equipment produced by this industry.
Strong development during most of the 1980s resulted in average annual growth of about 8 percent.
Slaughterhouses moved closer to the feedlots where the animals were raised
By 1989, industry participants were enjoying sales of $1.4 billion.
hefty capital investments in automation and information systems during the 1980s helped the appliance industry become one of the most efficient businesses in the United States
The Savings and Loans industry made many risky loans in the early 1980s. Losses on bad loans forced many banks out of business.