Self-Storage Confidence Index Announces First Quarter Results

Phoenix, AZ, January 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- MiniCo Publishing has announced the results of the Self-Storage Confidence Index (SSCI) survey for the first quarter of 2009. An initiative of MiniCo Publishing, The Parham Group, and Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., the index is designed to anticipate the effects of economic conditions and trends on self-storage operations.

“This quarter’s results demonstrate the effects of the slowing national economy on self-storage owners and operators,” commented Poppy Behrens, Co-Publisher, MiniCo Publishing. She added, “Despite indications that self-storage earnings have continued to grow during the last quarter of 2008, respondents report diminishing confidence in the areas of rental income, occupancy, cap rates, and the outlook for the national economy.”

The quarterly survey records the next-quarter expectations of U.S. and Canadian self-storage business professionals in the critical areas of sales, profits, hiring, expenditures and industry economic outlook. SSCI survey results are available at www.selfstorageconfidenceindex.com.

MiniCo Publishing, a division of MiniCo, Inc., publishes the “Mini-Storage Messenger,” the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include “Self-Storage Now!,” “Mobile Self-Storage Magazine,” “RV & Boat Storage Today,” “Self‑Storage Canada,” the “Self-Storage Almanac,” the “Self-Storage Development Handbook,” and the “Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.”

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo, Inc. has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:
Self-Storage Confidence Index – www.selfstorageconfidenceindex.com
MiniCo Publishing – www.ministoragemessenger.com

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