Second Volume of Self-Storage Industry Trend Data Now Available from MiniCo Publishing

Phoenix, AZ, April 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The second volume in MiniCo Publishing’s "Tracking Industry Trends" series of publications is now available for purchase at www.ministoragemessenger.com. "Tracking Industry Trends" provides ten years of self-storage industry data presented in a three-volume series. The data is a compilation of statistics from past editions of MiniCo’s annual "Self-Storage Almanac" combined with all-new analysis by industry experts.

"Tracking Industry Trends" is available in a downloadable PDF format. "Volume I, Rental Rates & Occupancy" was published in February 2009. "Volume II, Site Information & Customer Base," is now available for purchase. "Volume III, Marketing & Management," is scheduled for publication in July 2009. The price for each volume is $24.95.

Publisher Poppy Behrens commented on the positive reaction to the release of the first volume of the series. “The idea behind 'Tracking Industry Trends' was to put a decade’s worth of trend data into the hands of self-storage professionals at a reasonable price, and, based on the response to Volume I, it looks like this information has been well received by the industry,” she said.

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.

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