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by a searcher
in Portland, ME, USA

4yrs ago

Main Street Market Report: Presented by Chenmark

We are pleased to introduce our inaugural redacted - a quarterly survey of direct insights from small business owners and operators.

We're trying something new.

Chenmark owns and operates a collection of small businesses in various industries in the United States and Canada. We have often commented internally that the on-the-ground insights we garner by being intimately involved with our companies provides us with a unique viewpoint into "main street" sentiment - i.e, how does a landscaper in Maine feel about inflation? How does a food manufacturer in Western Canada feel about vaccination mandates? As we started our careers in global macro investing, we can see the value of collecting and analyzing micro pieces of information to help inform our macro viewpoints. As such, we are pleased to introduce our inaugural Main Street Market Report - a quarterly survey of direct insights from small business owners and operators:

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Weekly Thoughts will return inredactedHappy Holidays,

Your Chenmark Team

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reply by a searcher 4yrs ago
in Portland, ME, USA

Thanks everyone!
We'd welcome any/all feedback, as we plan to start releasing these quarterly.
- Additional questions you'd like to see?
- Does this format work?
- Any interest in a deeper dive into these trends?

reply by a professional 4yrs ago
from University of Richmond in Boston, MA, USA

This is great and I like the format. I think it works as a stand alone but you could take the info and dive deeper into any one of the topics in Chenmark's Weekly Thoughts or as a separate post.