How can researchers bridge the gap between technical expertise and business impact? Our host, Jon Last, Sports and Leisure Research Group, talks with Lisa Courtade, a veteran researcher with top healthcare companies including Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, and, now, Organon, as she shares insights from her wild ride career, including lessons learned like “Perfect data only exists in the […]
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Driver$: Reflections from the head of golf’s largest facility management company
Troon CEO Tim Schantz continues to personify the enlightened industry leader and shares some thoughts with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein Troon CEO Tim Schantz joins Sports & Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein, co-hosts of the “Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry” podcast, to talk about golf’s current trajectory, how we got to […]
Read More »Putting The ‘Value’ Back Into Sponsorship Valuation
For as long as sports and event marketing have existed, both properties and sponsors have sought to measure return on investment both during the initial consideration/sell in stage and throughout the activation period. This often-elusive goal has yielded its share of creative and often flawed methodologies. It’s not uncommon to see the process influenced by […]
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July Vacation Ownership Sentiment Index
July Vacation Ownership Sentiment Index Finds Owners Still Traveling This Fall, Despite General Decline in Travel Demand Across All Travel Sectors
Read More »Driver$: Industry legend Barney Adams looks forward
Founder, executive remains an innovative thinker about equipment and the state of the game, which he discusses with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein Adams Golf founder and former CEO Barney Adams has helped transform the golf industry through several decades. He joins Sports & Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein, co-hosts of […]
Read More »More On Sports Streaming — And A Generational Inflection Point
Fresh SLRG insights on fan attitudes about streaming sports content suggest a generational divide that poses an interesting quandary for rights holders and advertisers alike. Jon Last unpacks things in his August, 2024 column for Media Post’s Marketing Insider.
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Vacation Ownership Sentiment Index
The American Resort Developers Association shared SLRG driven insight into owner travel habits from the second quarter of 2024 in a recent Vacation Ownership Sentiment Index release, highlighting timeshare owners’ determination to travel in the first half of the year despite a challenging economy.
Read More »Driver$: Putting his best foot forward
Sqairz CEO Bob Winskowicz takes on the golf footwear category and discusses his company’s emergence with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein
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SLRG Founder and President Jon Last was named to Golf Inc.’s list of top golf industry consultants and advisors. See what they had to say about it
Read More »Live Sports Is Delivering On Its Value Proposition
As someone who has been both a consumer and a researcher of the sports business for more years than today’s most coveted audience demographic has been alive, I’ve seen plenty of commentary on the meteoric rise of costs to attend and watch live sports. With overall inflation and prices for consumer goods continuing to be […]
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