Have you ever noticed how much gum is on display at every waiting line in every retail store nation wide? It's unreal how big the gum industry is. Where does gum even come from? (yeah, it rhymed, deal with it.) Well I did some research because believe it or not I find this interesting. So, what did we learn from wiki today? We learned that the global economy contributes $19 billion every year to the gum industry. We learned that the top 60% of this fortune is split between 2 companies. And we learned that in the past 3 years the gum industry has shown 7% increase in global sales. (someone should tell the gum chewers of the world that we've been in a recession for the past 3 years.) So what is it about gum that we find so titillating? It's not the smacking in the mouth. it's not the social acceptance. it's not even the taste. could it possibly be because so many people have quit smoking in the past 3 years? are people quitting smoking and taking up gum chewing? Think about it.
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