Eye on the Market Highlights – January 2012
Stirling Properties’ Eye on the Market research alert is emailed monthly to our mailing list and features all the latest news and market reports about the Gulf South. We scan local and regional news outlets, as well as economic development groups, university research centers, and more, so that we can compile all the relevant rankings, news, economic development announcements, reports and more in one convenient place. Some highlights from our January 2012 Eye on The Market include:
- Louisiana 4th Most “Competitive” State in Job Growth – New Geography
- Louisiana Ranked Top State for Film Production – P3 Update
- VIDEO: Louisiana Schools Make the Grade – NBC Nightly News
- B.R. #7 on Forbes’ List of Where Jobs Will Be in 2012 – Business Report
- MS Gulf Coast Business Leaders Optimistic about 2012 – SunHerald
- Lafayette Regional’s Passenger Count Sets Record – The Independent
- 2011 Year in Review – Greater New Orleans, Inc.
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Mid-Year Retail Sales
An analysis of taxable retail sales figures for the first half of 2011 shows a positive trend for a majority of the markets studied in Louisiana. Comparing the first 6 months of 2011 to the first half of 2010, Lafayette Parish showed the biggest increase in retail sales at 11.1%, followed by an 8.1% increase in Jefferson Parish. Rapides, St. Tammany, Orleans, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Caddo, and East Baton Rouge Parishes also showed positive gains ranging from 3.0% to 7.6%. (more…)
