Economic Downturn
» Economic Downturn, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2008
If respondent personally spends more time courting customers or potential customers now compared to six months ago.
2a. Is the most important reason for the increase:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business is slow so you now have time | 18 | ||
| 2 | You need to better understand customers | 11 | ||
| 3 | A slowing overall economy | 42 | ||
| 4 | Other | 27 | ||
| 5 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 279 | |||
Notes: Forty-two (42) percent of small employers who spend more time courting customer or potential customers now compared to six months ago do so because of the slowing overall economy.
