Cleveland Research (CRC) is an independent research firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Since their inception in 2006, CRC has built a reputation for ground-level intelligence across the consumer, agriculture, industrial, healthcare, and technology industries.Their independent research provides their customers with the insights needed to gain conviction behind investments and critical business decisions. With a singular focus, CRC is committed to providing the most accurate and reliable research and advisory content in the market.
Not only does Wall Street look to CRC for critical trends and information, but so does the Home Improvement Industry. Their network spans across all segments of the Home Improvement supply chain. Using their nearly 50,000 research calls a year, they create and compile real-time, actionable insights across the home improvement landscape to help their customers win in their moment-of-truth decisions. Through this regular and repeated channel research, they’ve been able to spot trends and inflection points early and accurately.
In this session. Mark Herbeck, CRC’s Executive Director, will present a “State of the Industry” update covering the following topics:
- State of the Industry & 2019 Initiatives
- Macroeconomic Outlook
- Customer Dynamics
- Home Depot vs. Lowe’s
- Inventory & Merchandising Strategies
- Price, Costs, & Margin
- Online & Fulfillment
- Forecasts & Key Action Items