Bolstered by solid improvements in same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the outlook for the restaurant industry continued to strengthen in March. The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 101.0 in March, up 0.3 [...]
Prudential has announced that two in five people are planning their retirement for 2011, even though many have received no advice or have relied solely on non-professional advice. Two in every five people planning to retire in 2011 will do so having relied on non-professional advice as their main financial information source in the run [...]
Data through February 2011, released by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show prices for the 10- and 20-city composites are lower than a year ago but still slightly above their April 2009 bottom. The 10-City Composite fell 2.6% and the 20-City Composite was down 3.3% [...]
In a sign that the advertising industry is recovering from the recession, phase one of a new study on the state of employment in the advertising/marketing sector by creative talent recruiting firm 24 Seven, reveals that salaries overall increased 31% across the industry. The results compare 2011 levels with 2009, revealing the average industry salary [...]