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ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month

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San Francisco—In recognition of Women’s History Month, ICG Italia hosted an empowering event, Inside The Architect Studio: A riveting exploration into the lives of women leading the industry, on March 13 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., here at the ICG Gallery.

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Economics: ITR forecast signals return to ‘normalized’ growth

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And let’s not talk about the broader global impact that the war in Ukraine has had on many different industries and countries. Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics, looked to help industry members make sense of all this complexity during a recent keynote presentation. industrial production keeps on rising.

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Economics: A mixed bag of activity for 2023

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C hi c ag o —The forecast for the new home construction market looks cloudy while non-residential sales are expected to remain robust in 2023. Residential construction dips Research conducted by ITR Economics shows new home sales are down 18.2% And despite the uncertainty and looming threats, U.S. economy at large. economy overall.

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CCA summer convention: Members embrace Retail 2.0

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It will begin shipping in March 2023 to members who buy into the program and finish in Q1 2024. The sales pro now has the horsepower to simplify the customer journey and to close the deal so they don’t go anywhere else.” . Studies have shown that fewer offerings lead to greater sales volume. The reason we did 2.0

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NAFCD: Outlook upbeat for commercial market

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During his talk at the NAFCD+NBMDA convention, “Economic Trends in the Construction and Industrial Markets,” Lokar provided an encouraging outlook for the commercial construction industry despite the impact that record-high inflation has had on the residential building market and the U.S. economy overall. Stay the course.

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NAFCD ‘Xperience’ Day 2: ITR Economics sees bright future ahead

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At ITR we have studied a lot of natural disasters—clearly not as big as a global pandemic. Bottom line: When you have ‘blue on blue,’ as it’s called, or ‘red on red’ you don’t really see any change in retail sales. The states, airline industry and tourism, etc., are not likely to come back fast.