The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina has been releasing SC economic indicators for a while now. Just discovered that they’re moving over to using a blog. Check it out here. While you’re there, be sure to take a look at this sobering chart of employment change in recent US recessions. [...]
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Check Out SC Economic Trends Blog
Posted in business research, economics, statistics on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Demographics Demystified at the 10/13 Networking Lunch!
Posted in business resources, demographics, essential sources, events, research databases, statistics on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever written a business plan or applied for a grant, you know how crucial it is to find the demographics you need — fast! Thanks to some awesome tools from the Census Bureau, the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments and the CCPL Business Center’s online library, you can find a wide variety of local, [...]
Great News for DemographicsNow!
Posted in business plans, business resources, demographics, essential sources, research databases, statistics on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for some great news for anyone writing a business plan or researching the demographics of our area: DemographicsNow is now available for remote access! This means that no matter where you are, you have access to detailed demographics research with a click of your mouse! We love how easy this database is to use and [...]
SC Industry & Your Library
Posted in demographics, entrepreneurs, just for fun, library services, statistics on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the 18th annual South Carolina Industry Appreciation Week last week, we spent some time thinking about our local industries. Facts about Charleston’s Business Community: Charleston County has 11,959 business establishments as of 20061 179,971 workers were employed by these establishments in 20061 Gross sales by Charleston County businesses were $12,880,870,684 during fiscal year 2005-061 The [...]
A Year and A Day…
Posted in just for fun, library services, statistics on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This blog turned one year old yesterday! It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been writing here for a year. Apparently there are about 52 posts (some of which are drafts I’ve yet to publish), so that averages about one a week, which was kind of what I was hoping for in the first [...]
