IMC Buyer Survey to Reveal State of the Industry During the Covid-19 Crisis

IMC Buyer Survey to Reveal State of the Industry During the Covid-19 Crisis

April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020

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International Market Centers (IMC) announced a survey of 200,000+ home furnishings, gift and apparel buyers that will result in a real-time representation of the state of the industry during the COVID-19 crisis. As part of the ongoing support of the retail, design and wholesale communities as they work toward recovery, IMC has committed to making the results available to the industry as a benchmarking and planning tool in addition to using the results to inform its own summer and fall market planning. IMC has commissioned Stax, a global strategy consulting firm with more than two decades of experience providing actionable, data-driven answers to clients' critical strategic questions, to administer the survey and tabulate responses. 


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