Findings and perspective from the initial waves of SLRG’s Back to Normal Barometer, informed an extensive New York Times piece on the potential long term impact of the current COVID-19 crisis. SLRG President Jon Last, remarks in the article, “We are seeing people really hesitant to get back to normal.”
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A Path Forward For Sports, Travel, Leisure Industries
For better or worse, there were three times that fate has given me a chance to measure a particular slice of public opinion in the midst of crisis: shortly after 9/11, during the Great Recession, and in the most recent weeks. Each time the goal was to understand the impact of these events on the […]
Read More »Gamification’s Growing Impact On Participatory Sports
The lead item in the March 10 Marketing Insider on Media Post features research driven observations on the role of gamification in sustaining and growing participatory sports.
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2020 ASGCA study shows optimism among owners/operators
The lead item in the February issue of ASGCA Insights, highlights some of the key findings from our third annual Market Trend Watch study. Course renovation continues to be the facility enhancement most desired by golfers at both public and private courses, according to golf course superintendents and general managers. That is just one result […]
Read More »Confessions Of A Market Researcher: Sometimes It’s Good ‘Being Switzerland’
Not that I’ve heard a plethora of jokes about marketing research, but perhaps the best one centers around a CEO ripping his hair out trying to figure out the answer to 1+1. After being further frustrated by the esoteric answers of his CFO and head of engineering, he calls in his insights chief to receive […]
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