Twelve months ago, distributors reported the worst year since the recession that followed 9/11. Unlike 2002, though, distributors had no expectations for a moderate bounceback the following year.rnThat dire forecast became actual, and this year's forecast for 2010 is just as dismal: poor. For the first time in the history of our Annual Report & Forecast, all regions of both the 2009 and 2010 maps are all the same color of distress (see online report for more data).
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