NARMS: 48% of retailers say the recession has hurt projects
Stevens Point, WI …. With gloom and doom predictions dominating the retail landscape, NARMS International decided to poll its members on how the current economic recession is affecting their specific business. In December, 2008, NARMS members answered nine questions designed to gauge how the difficulties being reported by retailers and manufacturers have impacted the number and types of at-retail merchandising and marketing programs being utilized. The member survey also gave a glimpse of how conditions might be shaping the possibilities for retail job opportunities in the near future.
