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Somewhere on your prospect list right now is a name that no longer works there.<\/p>\n
Retail and restaurant chains change their people faster than almost any other industry in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/strong> puts median job tenure across all industries at 3.9 years, already a two-decade low. Retail trade sits well below that, at 2.9 years with most buyers changing jobs within 1-2 years. Food preparation and serving occupations sit lower still at a median of just 2 years before the person in that seat has moved on.<\/p>\n Two years. That’s the entire shelf life of your target list, cut nearly in half against the national average, and most companies aren’t budgeting for it.<\/p>\n So, the district manager you flagged in January might be a different person by next year. The VP of purchasing anchoring your account plan might have already left . If your data source refreshes once a quarter, or once a year, you’re not chasing prospects. You’re chasing ghosts and paying full price for the privilege.<\/p>\n The trouble runs wider than any single chain account. Validity’s<\/strong> State of CRM Data Management in 2025 surveyed 602 CRM users and found 76% saying less than half their CRM data was accurate and complete. Over a third, 37%, said bad data had already cost them revenue directly. And still, 90% called that same shaky data the foundation their business runs on.<\/p>\n A bigger list won’t solve it. A bigger list of outdated contacts is just a version of the same problem. What solves it is matching your refresh rate to your market’s turnover rate, instead of to your provider’s billing cycle. If the roles you sell into change every two to three years, a list updating on that same clock isn’t current; it’s already behind by the time you’ve paid for it.<\/p>\n Three things worth checking before your next campaign.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0First, ask any data provider how often records actually refresh, not how often the contract renews; those are two different clocks, and only one of them matters.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Second, pull a random sample of fifty contacts from your current list and see how many still hold the title you have on file; if more than a handful have moved on, the rest of the list is likely further gone than it looks.<\/p>\n \u2022 Third, track bounce and no-connect rates by the age of the record, not just the campaign as a whole; a spike tied to older entries is a data problem wearing a deliverability costume.<\/p>\n Build your pipeline on a list that keeps pace with how fast the market moves, not one that assumes it holds still.<\/p>\n CSG LeadSearch\u2122<\/a> was built around that standard, not around the old one. The data refreshes daily, so the name your rep dials this week reflects this week, not last quarter. No export caps. No credit systems rationing how much of that current data your team can actually use.<\/p>\n Don’t take that on faith. CSG offers a 48-hour trial against your own target audience, so you can verify the refresh against your actual accounts before committing .<\/p>\n Everyone in this industry is selling a list. The only question worth asking is whose refresh rate is the most accurate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sources<\/p>\n U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Tenure in 2024, September 26, 2024 \u2014 bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/tenure.pdf<\/p>\n Validity, The State of CRM Data Management in 2025, July 10, 2025 \u2014 prnewswire.com \u2014 Validity 2025 CRM Data Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The retail and restaurant industry burns through decision-makers faster than any other. Your database wasn’t built for that. Somewhere on your prospect list right now is a name that no longer works there. Retail and restaurant chains change their people faster than almost any other industry in the country. 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