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• Remodeling industry expecting strong growth in 2016

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  All signs point to a year of healthy growth for the remodeling industry in 2016. Indicators across all sectors of the industry are up. Remodelers, renovators, kitchen and bath specialists, designers and architects all express optimism that 2016 will be a better year than 2015 — perhaps the best year for the industry since before 2008.

• Smoothing the transition to past president

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  "The past president destroyed my potential for a successful term," said the board's chief elected officer. "My past president was argumentative, unreliable and promoted a personal agenda." About 80 percent of nonprofit organizations keep their immediate past president on the board for another year. A good past president knows how to transition from the chief leader to serving as a director on the board.

• Can a study-abroad program be both vigorous and fun?

  Linchi Kwok Education

  I am leading a study-abroad program in Italy this summer. In this program, students at Cal Poly Pomona will make a one-month field trip to Florence, Rome and nearby cities, where they will complete an equivalent of 12 quarter hours of course work in the Apicius International School of Hospitality while traveling.

• Achieving excellence in warehousing

  Ken Ackerman Distribution & Warehousing

  ​The emphasis of warehousing should go beyond cost-cutting to creating increased value for customers and shareholders. Unfortunately, some senior managers continue to refer to the warehouse as "the backroom," while others consider the hourly workers' job to be "kicking boxes and licking labels."

• Metal Thoughts: Double rainbow

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  Last week saw oil, gold, long duration treasuries, the U.S. dollar and most U.S. equities all higher (show in Chart 2, below). As best I can tell, that hasn't happened in at least a year. All of those asset classes benefit in some way from lower interest rates, so much of it was due to weak GDP and perceived dovishness from the FOMC. You would not normally expect the U.S. dollar to rally as well, but much of that was driven by new levels of Bank of Japan (BoJ) aggression. Still, it's a bit of an anomaly.

• Sour grapes? Move over beer, wine is taking over the Super Bowl

  Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

  ​Love watching the Super Bowl, but not so much eating wings and drinking beer? Well, you are not alone in that, and you are in for a treat. A recent Nielsen report states that while beer spending rises about $40 million in the week before game, wine is not too far behind.

• What’s trending in business technology for 2016?

  Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  I just came across some business technology predictions I made in 2008. Let's see how I did eight years later and highlight what else is trending today. My first prediction back in '08 was that Google would succeed in stealing away some corporate IT market share from Microsoft. I said Gmail would take the place of Microsoft's Exchange in many businesses.

• Females and ADHD: A growing awareness

  Rebecca Ryan Education

  At the first sign of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — a messy backpack, fidgety in nature, slipping grades — boys are medicated with Ritalin, Adderall or a similar variation. But what about girls? When the roles are reversed, it's often not quite so simple.

• Department of 1: Vigilante or superhero?

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  How do you stay organized, current and compliant while handling administrative, tactical and strategic issues when you are the only one in your department? Over 95 percent of businesses have fewer than 100 employees. Within those companies, it is inevitable that many employees will wear many hats. In this miniseries, we will look at this challenge from both the employee and the manager perspective.

• Marketing tips for Firefox’s new push notifications

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  ​Desktop browser companies know mobile is affecting the way users browse, read and search. Now, they're taking action. Firefox just announced the introduction of push notifications, called Web Push, to its desktop browsing. With this new feature, users can receive notifications from websites without having the page open. Firefox is following the likes of Mac Safari and Google Chrome. Both browsers already offer a variation of push notifications.

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