The housing market has exposed a severe divide in America as fewer and fewer consumers can afford to purchase their own homes.

The retail business may seem simple and easy to your shoppers, neighbors and even some of your employees, but those of us with long-term involvement know it’s hard!

Restaurants have regular diners. Airlines have frequent fliers. Jimmy Buffett had his Parrot Heads. And of course Taylor has her Swifties.

A string of several unrelated topics can be quite impactful. Back in 1971 Norwegian sound engineer Eirik Wangberg connected several short unfinished songs. In an era of three-minute tunes, Wangberg produced a 4 ¾-minute medley that shot to No. 1 on the U.S. charts. The song still plays on radios today.

What it means to be a Main Street merchant By Rich Lindblom, AVB Marketing When I got into this business

It was more than just a loss for Major League Baseball this month. Willie Mays, one of the all-time greats, passed away at age 93. His accomplishments on and off the field are woven into to the fabric of our nation’s culture.

For the past 20 years, my siblings and I have been urging our parents to sell their way too big house, sitting on their way too large property, and get out of Chicago for somewhere warm.

Nothing holds a business back like cash flow problems. And it’s even more true for small businesses.

The No. 1 comment I hear from those of us in the Retail World is that store foot traffic is down. Perhaps as much as 30-50% less than a few years ago.

Last week’s May jobs report was good news for workers and bad news for investors.

Like McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, dealers should determine their core customers and cater to them relentlessly.