The Cutting Edge™ - February 2004

WMMA® Offers Members Customized Economic Forecast Reports at Affordable Prices

Secure information specific to your own business!
Have ITR perform a customized analysis of your individual business and provide you with a valuable look into the future. The analysis will examine the unique characteristics of your business and provide you with a report and commentary using the leading economic indicators to your business. The cost to WMMA® members has been reduced to $400. (That’s a $2,000 Value)

What’s involved?
Follow the easy step-by-step process outlined below to secure your own Customized Report:

1. Contact ITR directly using one of the three convenient methods below:

   - Phone ITR offices at (603) 226-9331
   - E-mail Alan Beaulieu - alan@ecotrends.org
   - E-mail Erin Hennigar - erin@ecotrends.org
   - Visit their website at - www.ecotrends.org

2. Identify yourself as a WMMA® member.

3. Supply ITR with Sales/Shipments/Revenues (whichever term you use) for one company data series, either in units or dollars.
   1. Data must be submitted to ITR in an Excel spreadsheet.
   2. Data should be monthly, although quarterly is useable.
   3. The data history must go back a minimum of five years. Generally speaking, the longer the history the better the results.

4. Provide contact information for the person who ITR should contact within your company should questions arise.

In turn:

1. ITR will identify the industry and leading indicator trends with which your company has a demonstrable relationship.
2. ITR will provide the charts used in the analysis via Excel.
3. ITR will provide your company with commentary of what each chart means to future trend probabilities. The information is sent electronically to your company.
4. ITR will invoice your company directly for this service.

BONUS: Sign-up for this service before March 19, 2004 and register for WIC and you can receive scheduled face-to-face time with economist Alan Beaulieu from ITR, during the WIC Contact Table program on Friday, April 23, 2004. He'll answer your questions and assist you with interpreting your report data. (This BONUS is limited to the first 15 companies who respond on a first-come, first-served basis.) ACT Quickly! For information, contact Bill Norton at 215-564-3484, ext 235.