We recently released our annual State of the Industry Report, an important industry research that provides benchmarks from your peers and their thoughts on the future. Listed below are just a few highlights that I thought were interesting:
- Just 2% of all respondents reported that they have negative expectations for company revenue in the coming year.
- More than 40% of surveyed members feel very confident about revenue growth.
- More than 50% of respondents intend to increase capital spending between 1 and 5%.
- Distributors noted their #1 spending priority as expanding facilities.
- Manufacturers expect to spend more on technology investments (other than computer hardware or software).
- One respondent was surprised by the, “more explosive growth of LED.”
- Another was disappointed that, “Loyalty between manufacturers and distributors has degraded.”
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