Why Recessions Are Necessary – John LaRosa
Aug. 15, 2019 In a capitalist economy, the normal business cycle includes both expansions and recessions (two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the GNP). Usually, recessions take place every four or five years. However, since the Great Recession of 2008, it has been a most unusual 11 years of expansion. We are long overdue. […]
U.S. Physical Therapy Clinics Take In $34 Billion
Tampa FL, June 19, 2019: Marketdata LLC, a leading independent market research publisher of “off-the-shelf” studies about service industries since 1979, has released a new 71-page study: U.S. Physical Therapy Clinics: An Industry Analysis. This is a complete analysis and forecast for physical and occupational therapy services—the nature and structure and size of the market, […]
Forecasting Industry Sales Growth – It’s Not Rocket Science – By J. LaRosa, Marketdata
Dec. 26, 2018 For many people, forecasting may seem complicated–more an art than a science. It doesn’t have to be. There are some basic tools and data that one can use to derive some pretty accurate sales/growth forecasts, for a market or industry. First, look at the industry’s historical growth rate and how sales or […]
Research Gets Easier, But Harder – J. LaRosa, Marketdata
Dec. 2, 2018 When you’ve been in a field for 40 years, things change, a lot. The market research field has changed drastically since I began in 1977. Back then, I worked for a small privately owned market research publisher on Long Island, NY. I started as an analyst, working my way up to Division […]