Industrial Businesses Risk Losing Sales by Not Respecting Privacy of Buyers

Eighty-nine percent of respondents to ThomasNet survey prefer complete anonymity when searching for industrial products online

New York August 12, 2005 Industrial buyers have a clear message for the Web sites they visit in search of products and services: Do Not Disturb. Those who ignore this message face the very real risk of losing large numbers of prospective customers and the sales revenue they represent. This was the key message revealed in ThomasNet's Industrial Purchasing Barometer Survey released this week.