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ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month

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This kicks off ICG Italia’s Inside The Architect Studio 2024 series of events geared to the A&D community with programming that spotlights leading architects and their industry insights in small group settings.

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Economics: ITR forecast signals return to ‘normalized’ growth

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Retail sales trends. One of the many leading indicators ITR Economics examines in its forecasting models is retail sales trends. Retail sales are, of course, going to slow down,” Beaulieu said, citing the absence of stimulus funding that was injected into the U.S. In fact, retail sales are doing well in many parts of the world.

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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% What this means is you can look for some solid commercial market activity in 2023.”

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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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Research conducted by ITR Economics shows new home sales are down 18.2% Other warning signs are evident in the rate of sales transactions at Home Depot (down 3%), although the volume decline is masked by slightly higher prices. The second half of 2023 is going to be strong, and 2024 is going to be even stronger.

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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 economic collapse came because of the human reaction to the pandemic,” Beaulieu explained.