Feed-back.com's Briefings Reports Reach Expanded Audiences Through Spa Trade.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers JACKSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2004 Since November 2003, Briefings reports from Feedback Research Services (Feed-back.com) have provided affordable market overviews for health care and spa industry participants. The series began with Medical Spa A medical spa is a facility whose medical program is run under the strict supervision of a licensed healthcare professional, according to The International Medical Spa Association. & Specialty Hospital Markets, a preliminary analysis of annual revenues and growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. for physician owned and operated facilities. A second report, Fitness & Lifestyle Product Markets, focuses on consumer demand for body analysis, heart rate, and pedometer pe·dom·e·ter n. An instrument that gauges the approximate distance traveled on foot by registering the number of steps taken. pedometer Noun equipment. Customers enthusiastically acknowledge the value of Briefings reports as business planning tools, especially for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. A distribution agreement formed this month with Spa Trade expands the audience for Feed-back.com's latest report, U.S. Skin Care Product Markets. Nancy Griffin, a principal in Spa Trade, explains the benefits. "The professional skin care market has been expanding in all directions. Until now, it's been difficult or expensive to determine the size and scope of this burgeoning industry. Spa Trade's arrangement with Feed-back.com will allow our members unique access to a range of current, useful reports for business and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. ." The Feed-back.com / Spa Trade alliance also extends consulting and research services to health care and spa companies such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden CA), SANIJET Corporation (Coppell TX), SpaFinder (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY), SpecTrec Inc. (Chicago IL), and The Medical Spa Summit (Santa Fe NM). About U.S. Skin Care Product Markets and Feed-back.com Feedback Research Services (Feed-back.com) publishes market reports that analyze emerging health care technologies and trends. Examples include: Blood Pressure & Fitness Monitor Markets and Consumer-Driven Health Markets. In April 2004, U.S. Skin Care Product Markets was published to provide a preliminary market analysis of retail sales opportunities in cosmetic surgery cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes, such as the improvement of the appearance of the face by removing wrinkles or reshaping the nose. centers, dermatology practices, and spa facilities. Information derived from interviews and surveys with service providers form the basis for revenue, growth rate, and sales estimates. For a detailed description of the report, visit: www.Feed-back.com. For additional information, contact Millie Narum at: 1-800-927-8071 or 1-541-899-8088. About Spa Trade Spa Trade serves the spa industry with online resources and print publications. Version 2.0 of the web site was launched in May 2004 with more comprehensive coverage, improved organization, and a refined focus on the needs of spa developers, spa managers, spa marketers, and those who seek a career in the spa industry. Among the tools Spa Trade provides to members and web visitors are a searchable "First-Ever Industry Knowledge Base", "Expert-Moderated Forums", and Buyers Guide. For more, visit the Spa Trade web site at: www.SpaTrade.com. |
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