The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

…multinationals like Nike are deriving larger portions of their earnings from the big emerging markets. Over 60% of Nike’s 2010 earnings came from emerging markets, most of it in Asia. The same holds for Coca-Cola, which gets 70% of its revenues from outside of the U.S.

Several of the US-based companies in my top-20 LTBH list (#msg-66381289) could be mentioned in this context—for instance, MMM.