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4%
4% -- sales decline rate for US direct selling industry (2009)
Direct selling sales experienced a decline of about 4% in 2009.
- The source notes the decline was 'about 4%'
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Value
4%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2009
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
Direct Selling Association
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Tier A
http://www.directselling411.com/blog/turning-a-corner/ ↗
Source Article
Turning a Corner?
Turning a Corner?
No doubt you’ve seen or read stories about the group of expert economists who recently declared that the Great Recession is officially over. I doubt it feels that way to many of you.
The recession has hit the direct selling business in about the way we expected. According to our la…
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Direct Selling Association
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Methodology
Approximate decline figure from DSA commentary
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IndustryRetail
RegionUS
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US direct selling industry: 4% sales decline rate. Source: Direct Selling Association (2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/direct-selling-sales-decline-2009
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