PricewaterhouseCoopers' Trendsetter Barometer interviewed CEOs of 301 privately-held product and service companies identified in the media as the fastest growing U.S. businesses over the last five years. The surveyed companies range in size from approximately $5 million to $150 million in revenue/sales. Interviewing for the second quarter was completed August 4, 2006.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- CEOs of the nation's fastest-growing private companies may be signaling a change in the business climate. They are increasingly concerned about weak market demand, runaway energy costs, and escalating interest rates. And their optimism about the economy is fading. They have lowered their revenue growth targets, and turned more cautious in their hiring and investment plans. Gross margins remain a bright spot, however.
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