The AAP released monthly StatShot data for September, and in turn the first three quarters of the year, showing a business that was between flat and down somewhat — unless you compare it to how we thought the industry was doing a year ago, in which case there is some improvement. As we explained at the halfway mark, the problem is that the AAP has significantly revised upwards their final counts for the 2016 data. That makes it very hard to talk about comparisons with any confidence. What the current report shows is net trade sales for the first three […]
