It was 90 years ago that the American Institute of Public Opinion was founded by George Gallup. His goal was to gather and tabulate a nonpartisan measurement of U.S. politics and the mood of the nation. 

The word “efficiency” sure has been getting a lot of attention these days. Turn on the 65-inch flat screen or scroll social media. It seems everyone has an opinion on it, good or bad.  

It was only last month when social media and cable news exploded with the biggest story of this century, an event so earth shattering that it dominated the press for days. Bigger than if the Cleveland Browns had won the Super Bowl.  

Last week I wrote about how best-in-class companies attract and retain great, productive employees, everything from giving an unlikely candidate a chance to paying compensation that rewards high performers. 

Hop onto LinkedIn almost any day of the week and you’ll see people celebrating their workiversaries. You know, the anniversary of when they started their current job.  

This decade has brought a lot of changes to our retail world. 

The first 12-team College Football Playoff is in the books. 

We of the furniture, appliance, and mattress retail world think of ourselves as selling big-ticket merchandise. Thousand-dollar orders are mundane and $5,000 is not uncommon.  

This decade of the 2020s has not been kind to our retail world. 

Last week, through a combination of tea leaves, crystal ball gazing and the shuffling of Monopoly “Chance” cards, I presented amazing retail predictions for the first six months of 2025. 

If the game of business were an NFL football game, the zebras would be signaling the two-minute warning. It’s time to wrap up 2024.

Here are a few top retail observations of 2024, which are sure to help make you more money in 2025.