tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49540323204445488892012-02-16T11:13:35.791-08:00Scorelogixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01866981142120128373noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954032320444548889.post-41268605172081515782008-09-17T10:41:00.000-07:002008-09-17T10:42:26.344-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NFWiIGX2TOo/SK0N52abLPI/AAAAAAAAAQU/vULMD12aK1E/s1600-h/Untitled1.gif"> <br /></a></span></p><p style="font-family: courier new;" class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cbilld%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 1 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;font-family:arial;" align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;font-family:arial;" align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;"><st1:date month="8" day="14" year="2008">8/14/2008</st1:date></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;font-family:arial;" align="right"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Retail and Wholesale Job Security Index Plummets</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Three Month Decline Capped by 9.9% Drop in July</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Scorelogix® Retail and Wholesale Job Security Index™ fell by 9.9 percent in July, marking the third month in a row that Retail and Wholesale job security has decreased. In the last thirteen months, the Retail and Wholesale Job Security Index™ has fallen eight times. This decline can be attributed to significant decrease in consumer disposable income, rising inflation, credit crisis and a weakening economy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NFWiIGX2TOo/SMqHU-cAaBI/AAAAAAAAAcY/sxWu-ZsroJc/s1600-h/untitledRT.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NFWiIGX2TOo/SMqHU-cAaBI/AAAAAAAAAcY/sxWu-ZsroJc/s400/untitledRT.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245153510453962770" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NFWiIGX2TOo/SK0N52abLPI/AAAAAAAAAQU/vULMD12aK1E/s1600-h/Untitled1.gif"> <br /></a></span></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="font-family: arial;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cbilld%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The decline in job security in Retail and Wholesale has occurred across all nine of the <st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region> census regions.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The regions which experienced the largest drop were the East North Central and Pacific regions.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The West South Central region recorded the smallest decrease in Retail and Wholesale job security at 8.4 percent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The strongest individual States for Retail and Wholesale job security include <st1:state><st1:place>South Dakota</st1:place></st1:state>, <st1:state><st1:place>Wyoming</st1:place></st1:state>, <st1:state><st1:place>Utah</st1:place></st1:state>, and <st1:state><st1:place>Nebraska</st1:place></st1:state>.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><st1:state><st1:place>Michigan</st1:place></st1:state> is by far the weakest State for Retail and Wholesale job security, with <st1:state><st1:place>Mississippi</st1:place></st1:state>, <st1:state><st1:place>Rhode Island</st1:place></st1:state>, <st1:state><st1:place>Alaska</st1:place></st1:state>, and <st1:state><st1:place>California</st1:place></st1:state> all struggling in this regard as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <br /></span></p><div align="center" style="font-family:arial;"><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Since April 2008, the Retail and Wholesale JSI has suffered an incredible 18.4% drop, signifying a continued lack of consumer confidence and resources.</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is by far the largest decline over a three month period in the past year, and the July drop of 9.9% is the biggest single month decline in that time period as well.</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A crucial component to the reversal of these trends will be a stabilized economy and credit market, as these are intricately connected to individuals’ ability to spend money in Retail and Wholesale.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""> <br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style=""><span style="font-family:arial;">To obtain further information about Scorelogix’s Job Security Index, or to receive a more in depth analysis of the data provided above, please visit </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.scorelogix.com/">www.scorelogix.com</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> or email Bill Dougherty @ </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="mailto:bill.dougherty@scorelogix.com">bill.dougherty@scorelogix.com</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">###</span></p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4954032320444548889-4126860517208151578?l=scorelogixrt.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scorelogixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01866981142120128373noreply@blogger.com0