Industry:

A group of companies that are related based on their main business activities.

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For marketers, industries are useful for looking at market conditions – competitors, target market, and demand. 

As shown below, industries are broken down into different sectors to understand how different industries function.

Mining is an example of a primary, extractive industry. Mining extracts and processes earthly materials. 

Many companies work in the mining industry since they are related based on their primary activity.

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