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2004 Dive Retailers Report Sales Up Slightly for 2004 versus 2005.

» 57% Say things are 'slowly improving' in 2005.
» 88% of all respondents to this survey indicated that they were the retail center or dive center owner.

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Cline Group, Creators of:
» Scuba Diving Magazine (1990)
» The Cline Diving Industry Studies (1992, 1994, 2004)
» The Scuba Tour (1998-2000)
Strategic Branding & Marketing For:
» The Bahamas Tourism Board (1992-current)
» Bonaire's Tourism Board (1993 - 2000)
» Barbados's Tourism Board (2000)
» The Dutch Caribbean Diving Alliance (DEMA 1998/1999)
» The Scuba Tour (1998-2000)
» Mini-B North America (2003-2004)
» Sand Dollar Resort, Bonaire (1992-current)
» Stuart Cove's Dive The Bahamas (2004-current)

Cline Diving Industry Survey Released

2004 Dive Retailer Business Survey

Cline's Quarterly Dive Industry Survey is in, a total of 115 retailers responded to the survey, and indicated the following results:

  1. Dive retailers saw, on average, a 9% increase in their gross revenues in 2004 versus 2003.
  2. New certifications were up 11%
  3. Dive Travel Sales were up 22%
  4. Dive Equipment sales were up 7%
  5. Data error rates are +/- 6.5% @90% confidence levels.

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