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More distributors see a bump in business: a slowly improving economy and a greater emphasis on marketing trigger the rise.(DISTRIBUTORS' SURVEY)
American Coin-Op, July, 2005 by Partyka, Paul
"Slowly but surely" may be the theme for this year's distributors' survey. Fifty-three percent of the distributors report an increase in business in 2004. This is the highest percentage increase since the 2001 survey. In last year's survey, 48 percent of the distributors reported an increase in business.
In this year's coin laundry operators' survey 47 percent of the respondents reported an increase in business in 2004.
While 56 percent of distributors saw business increase in 2004 when compared to 2003, 35.5 percent say business stayed the same and 11.5 percent say business decreased last year.
It's somewhat of a survey tradition for respondents to be optimistic about the current year. Does this trend hold up for 2005? Prognostications for...
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