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Better Business Bureau Offers Free Online Feature

Home Remodeling, Construction & Maintenance sees a 2.01% increase in consumer purchase planning in June 2013 from May 2013, with 96,897 inquiries.

Better Business Bureau (BBB) offers a free online service, Consumer Purchase Planning Trends. This service is offered exclusively on BBB’s website and indicates current purchasing trends made by consumers for ten different market sectors.

Business owners, financial institutions, marketers and researchers can check out the purchase planning trends from the last six to thirty-six months; a great indicator of future purchases.

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“This is a leading economic indicator for businesses to see where consumers will be spending money,” said Paula Fleming, Vice President of Communications and Marketing for the local BBB.

The purchase planning information will help predict where consumers are thinking of spending their money on a monthly basis. To take advantage of this new feature or to learn more, visit bbb.org/boston/public/trends.

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