SLRG President Jon Last, blogs for Marketing Research Institute International (of which he is current marketing chair and a past president) about key lessons from the pandemic that are applicable for the research profession as a whole.
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What Your Members are Thinking in a COVID-19 World
SLRG’s Jon Last authors a feature piece in the National Club Association’s Club Director magazine, that speaks to our ongoing consumer research regarding the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and implications for the club industry. You can also visit www.nationalclub.org for more information. Click the link below to read the article What Your Members are Thinking […]
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Strong rebound expected for golf: Economists and other experts predict golf will fare better than most industries.
With golf play surging around the nation, economists and experts are predicting a quick recovery for golf courses, despite the fact that the U.S. is officially in a recession. That’s good news for the many courses and clubs that saw sharp revenue drops in March and April.
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Back-To-Normal Barometer results: Jon Last Discusses How COVID Impacts Football Season
Watch Jon Last on CNN as he discusses the latest wave of Back-To-Normal Barometer research, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NCAA and NFL football
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Golf’s ‘Perfect Storm’ Amid Pandemic?
If there’s a potential silver lining of irony amidst this train wreck of a sports year, it’s that the once anthemic “Golf2020” may actually turn out to be a banner year for an industry that many have unfairly criticized over the past decade. First, some historical context for those not immersed in the golf industry. […]
Read More » Why Sports Fans See The Windows Closing On 2020
I was a “denier” when I was unceremoniously sent home from the PAC12 Men’s basketball tournament in mid-March, as the initial COVID-19 athlete diagnoses and subsequent hysteria shuttered live sports like falling dominoes.Now, some four months later, as our Big Four team sports prepare for an announced resumption of sorts, I question things again. Don’t […]
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Hard-hit industries clamor for regulations during pandemic
America’s most influential power brokers in business increasingly feel that they are fighting more than just the deadly coronavirus to revive the economy. These business interests see a short-term battle against two hard-to-influence forces: individuals acting irresponsibly and a Trump administration that is reluctant to lay down the type of guidelines that would mandate individual behavior during […]
Read More » Majority Of Sports Fans ‘Ready to Go, Now’ — Still, No Slam Dunk
Our ongoing Back to Normal Barometer research continues to pulse the attitudes and behaviors of sports fans as we navigate the ever fluid-scenarios of current events. Our study tracked the fans of some 13 different major sports. Most profound among our findings is the linearly increasing willingness of fans to re-engage in their favorite activities […]
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Groundbreaking Survey Series Asks, ‘What Will It Take to Return to Normalcy?’
WASHINGTON – Would you be willing to take a cruise right now? How about attending a live sporting event? Or staying in a hotel? Perhaps flying? A new survey of the travel and leisure attitudes of Americans found that more than half would take a cruise, while just under half of respondents would attend a […]
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