The U.S. economy is back to a period where good news for our businesses is somehow bad news for financial markets. 

As we embark on 2025, it’s time for you to think about what the new year is going to mean to you and your company. 

Last month the wife and I saw a local theater group’s production of “White Christmas.”  Yes, that “White Christmas,” the classic Bing Crosby yuletide film. Believe it or not, I had never seen the movie, so this was all new to me.   

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

A serious issue for our industry is the recent prediction that mortgage rates will not break the 6% barrier either this year or next. 

Without reading ahead … write down what you think are your company’s two most valuable assets.   

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. 

After the impact of two successive hurricanes and a significant strike at Boeing in October, job creation soared in November as the economy added 227,000 workers. 

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.

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

You may not realize it, but you are a veritable fountain of knowledge. 

In a couple of weeks you can put the wraps on 2024. It started off looking like a banner year for retail home furnishings, but a few headwinds and that election thing kinked up that outcome. It made this past year a humbling experience. 

Just about every dealer I know writes off the month of December as a lost cause. 

There’s an old saying that Albert Einstein is credited with having coined. 

Next time you’re planning a fun evening out with your sweetie, be sure to include live music.  

It’s been so warm this fall in Del Boca Vista (Phase III) that the Christmas candy has started to melt at the local Walmart.

You probably heard that the Thanksgiving holiday is being celebrated in the U.S. this week.  

When independent dealers get together, there’s more than just talk about grandkids and sports.