Yes Christmas is only 60 days away meaning another holiday season is upon us and yet another New Year looms in the not too distant future. Some retailers will do well this holiday shopping season while others may struggle. Regardless of how your business does it’s never been more important to develop a strategic plan for how your business will operate going into 2010. It’s important because while the recession has been declared to be over, other projections suggest that the economy may not significantly improve until the end of …

Leadership in times of Uncertainty
This is an article I wrote in July for Retail Partners, the then monthly publication of the Retail Merchant Association.
During the past thirty days Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imploded, AIG nearly imploded, and Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers ceased to exist. All of this on top of the housing crisis, the credit crunch and a three billion dollar state budget shortfall. While we can’t change what’s happened or control how the markets may continue to gyrate there is much that can be learned from our …

This is an article I wrote as a member of the Retail Merchants Association, which was published in  the association’s monthly newsletter.
Association members have access to a variety of products and services. These include floral and apparel products and payroll and marketing services to name a few. This article discusses the importance of using member services to help grow your business.
As a business advisor and lawyer, life coach and financial counselor I need the services of a variety of businesses to help my firm grow. While it may be counter …