Beyond Salary
Every company has their own ideas about how to compensate employees. But I suggest you try and get a little creative with your compensation plans, specifically commissions/bonuses.
Read moreEvery company has their own ideas about how to compensate employees. But I suggest you try and get a little creative with your compensation plans, specifically commissions/bonuses.
Read moreThis decade has brought a lot of changes to our retail world.
Read moreSorry I am late on this report, but there is much about the U.S. economy that is still uncertain — which makes it a perilous time to predict outcomes for 2025.
Read moreI’ve said it before and I’m going to continue saying it every chance I get: Every one of you needs to go shopping at least once a year.
Read moreThe first 12-team College Football Playoff is in the books.
Read moreWhen you picture the long-term future of your business, what do you see?
Read moreRather than drive business, free merchandise devalues your goods and adds costs that cut into your bottom line.
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreThe U.S. economy is back to a period where good news for our businesses is somehow bad news for financial markets.
Read moreAs 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.
Read moreLast 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.
Read moreThis decade of the 2020s has not been kind to our retail world.
Read moreA serious issue for our industry is the recent prediction that mortgage rates will not break the 6% barrier either this year or next.
Read moreWithout reading ahead … write down what you think are your company’s two most valuable assets.
Read moreLast 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.
Read moreAfter 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.
Read moreIf 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.
Read moreIt behooves your business to accommodate the disabled By Alan Wolf, YSN The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a
Read moreHere are a few top retail observations of 2024, which are sure to help make you more money in 2025.
Read moreYou may not realize it, but you are a veritable fountain of knowledge.
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