Quarterly Business Conditions Report - Jan -2010-aarkstore Enterprise Market Research

Quarterly Business Conditions Report - Jan -2010

In the latest quarterly printing industry business conditions reports, the majority of print providers and print buyers are optimistic that 2010 will see business conditions reboundalthough sketchy capital investment plans suggest some lingering doubts about recovery. Each Quarterly Business Conditions report provides a combination of original industry researchvia Economics and Research Center (ERC)and analysis of government data to take the pulse of the economy in general, and the printing industry in particular, every three months

Table of Contents :

Economic Forecast in a Nutshell

Introduction

How This Report Is Organized

For More Information

Section 1: Prevailing Q4 Business Conditions

Current Business Conditions

December 2009 Survey Results

September 2009 Survey Results

Expected Business Conditions

December 2009 Survey Results

September 2009 Survey Results

Business Conditions Index

Creative Conditions

Current Business Conditions

Expected Business Conditions

Prevailing Economic Conditions

GDP

Proprietors Income

Corporate Cash Flow

Personal Income

Employment and Unemployment

Initial and Continued Jobless Claims

Consumer Confidence

Consumer Price Index

Leading Indicators

Employment Cost Index

Graphic Communications Industry Economic Trends

Graphic Designers

Graphic Arts Employment

Printing Industry Capacity Utilization

Printing Industry Shipments and Profits

The Bottom Lines

Forecast

Section 2: Capital Investment Equipment and People

Capital Investment

Overall Capital Investment Plans

Specific Investment Categories

Level of Budgetary Commitment

Hiring Plans

General Hiring Plans

Needed Skills

Creative Investments

Social Media Revisited

Section 3: Conclusions and Recommendations

Forecasters Forecasting

What We Think Are Hot Items

What We Think Are Warm Items

What We Think Are Cold Items

Other Forecasts

The Printing Industry in Transition

Permanence

Portability

Return on Investment (ROI)

Intent

Cross Media

Reference Point

Media Selection

Personalization

Direct Response

Weve Been

Were Becoming

Push and Pull

Oh, All Right

Dr. Joes Economic Indicators

Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

Looking Forward

Appendix: For Further Reading

About the Analysts

Table of Figures

Figure 1: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All print providers, December 2009

Figure 2: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All print providers, September 2009

Figure 3: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to providers, December 2009

Figure 4: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to providers, September 2009

Figure 5: Business Conditions Index (BCI) for all printing establishments,March 2008-December 2009

Figure 6: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All creatives, December 2009

Figure 7: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All graphic design respondents, December 2009

Figure 8: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All corporate design respondents, December 2009

Figure 9: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to creatives, December 2009

Figure 10: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to graphic design respondents, December 2009

Figure 11: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to corporate design respondents, December 2009

Figure 12: Y/Y % change in real GDP, Q1 2000-Q3 2009

Figure 13: Gross Domestic Product, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of current dollars)

Figure 14: Proprietors income, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of current dollars).

Figure 15: Net corporate cash flow, Q1 2000-Q2 2009 (billions of current dollars)

Figure 16: Personal income, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates)

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