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Metals Thoughts: Abandoned resolutions edition
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesWe've been content to sit on our hands once the rally started, as it only seems to be a slight unwind of some of the frothiness that macro markets have priced in for the Donald Trump rally. Our first real tests are approaching quickly with gold's 50 DMA at $1,192 and a slew of support for the USD about $.50 below here.
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Simplify your product offering to boost your profit
Doug Jacobs RetailIt is difficult for small business owners to pass on any opportunity to make a few dollars. We take any job that comes along and hope it will turn a nice profit. However, many times these are the jobs that bite us in the proverbial rear end. We often do not know the pitfalls or problems that can occur. And we end up spending too much time — or worse, dollars — to fix the issues.
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Amazon finished 2016 with a bang. What will 2017 bring?
Danielle Manley RetailAmazon has always been on the forefront of advancements in the retail world. From technology to delivery, Amazon is constantly disrupting the industry, so it's no surprise they closed out 2016 with a bang — a big bang.
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Your focus can boost or block you in 2017
Fred Berns Business Management, Services & Risk Management"I don't watch the wall," race car driver Mario Andretti supposedly said when asked for his secret of success. Wise words. It's wisdom based on a simple truth: what you think about, you bring about. Drivers who constantly watch and worry and fret about the wall too often end up crashing into it.
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Ditch the resolutions and accomplish more
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementGood for you if you have not wasted your time writing a New Year's resolution. Those of you who wrote it, ditch your resolution and accomplish more right now. Here's why, how and what to do.
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Cold weather pest control: The icy reality of winter infestation
Doug Haymore Facilities & GroundsDuring the winter season, humans are not the only ones affected by the cold weather. The pests outside your facility are also feeling the nip in the air. Like many others, you may have thought these critters die off when the cold weather comes around. However, pests can survive throughout the season and make their way into your facility. Insects like earwigs, carpenter ants and oriental cockroaches will look for moist, warm areas with a food supply as it gets cold out.
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4 last-minute digital marketing ideas for the holidays
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingWith just about two weeks left until Christmas, your business is no doubt in crunch mode. For many, it's the absolute busiest time of the year — and it's going to stay that way. More and more consumers are waiting to finish (or start) their holiday shopping. Last year, 75 percent of people were still Christmas shopping at this time last year, found America Research Group. And 50 percent were hunting for a great deal and gift up until Christmas Eve. That's the highest percentage of last-minute shoppers the study has seen in more than 12 years.
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Metals Thoughts: A perfect 10
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesTrumpflation — or whatever you want to call it — has basically been priced into markets for perfect execution. The dollar remains incredibly strong against pretty much any cross, up 5 percent in the broad indices and as much as up 16 percent against what had been the darling of the year, JPY.
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Increase sales this holiday by recovering abandoned purchases
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingAh, the holiday season. The lights are aglow on both the Christmas tree and the laptop. This holiday season, U.S. consumers are expected to spend as much as $117 billion shopping online, according to the National Retail Federation. That's an increase of up to 10 percent from last year.
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8 lease warnings for commercial tenants
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailOpening a business and leasing space from a landlord may feel like a marriage, but it's not. Commercial tenants need to get that notion out of their heads. With commercial leasing, a commercial landlord will have many different partners — even several hundred or thousands of tenants — and many different motivations for the relationship. The tenant, on the other hand, has only one landlord and one motivation for leasing space — as a means to an end to do business.
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