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The Comfort Zone : Facts & Stats

Did you know......

  • Harris Interactive reports that 23% of adults say they pay bills late and incur late fees because they misplace them.
  • Executives spend 7.8 hours per week in meetings and 108 minutes daily reading and responding to e-mail.
  • The storage and organizing industry is currently a $6 billion business and Americans will spend $8.6 billion on organizing products in 2011.
  • According to 41pounds.org, the average adult receives 560 pieces of junk mail each year.
  • Disorganization is just as evident in the home as in the workplace. According to a study conducted by The Wall Street Journal, disorganization costs the average business about $8,000 per year per employee.
  • Typically 20% of your possessions are used while 80% of the items that are kept are never used.
  • According to the Self Storage Association, there were 51,500 self-storage facilities in the United States as of the end of 2007.
  • According to the Washington Post, an estimated 19 billion catalogs and unwanted mail are sent out each year.
  • The Small Business Administration estimates that 80% of documents are never looked at again after they are filed.
  • The National Soap and Detergent Association believes getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40% of the housework in the average home.
  • The top 3 disorganized rooms in the home are the bedroom, garage and home office.
  • The Home Trend Influentials Study concluded that home organization and home storage are ranked among the hottest housewares product categories through 2010.

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