Early on, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, businesses were forced to close when state mandates were enacted requiring workers to stay at home. In many cases, exemptions were granted, allowing businesses to re-open as they were deemed essential. Some businesses pivoted internal operations,...
The Kiplinger Letter expects a big jump in consumer spending as more U.S. citizens are vaccinated against COVID-19. There is a pent up demand for services that many consumers have had to do without for the past year. People are also sitting on large amounts...
Bloomberg Businessweek published an editorial related to the knee-jerk reaction to buy American, after the recent (and sometimes life-threatening) shortages in household goods and medical supplies. There is a political movement swelling that suggests compelling companies to move production to U.S. soil is the answer....
LinkedIn is having a moment. Just like Facebook five years ago, the platform is finding new content creators and organic usage is in a big growth mode. An Entrepreneur Magazine writer and content creator, Rosie Purr, recently shared ideas on how to get noticed and...
For those of you who have read my newsletter articles over the past five years, you may recall that most of my letters have dealt with issues of integrity and the heart. I believe it is critical as the bible teaches that out of the...
Don’t expect the air freight capacity issues to be remedied any time soon. In fact, they will probably get worse before they get better. The huge reduction in consumer air travel has dented freight volumes, since about fifty percent of freight travels in the belly...
In just ten months, two pharmaceutical companies (Pfizer and Moderna) have received FDA approval for their vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the deadly virus that causes COVID-19. Fifty other prospective vaccines are making their way through the approval process. Thirteen of those vaccines are already in the...
Historians and political junkies are already wondering how the new administration will deal with China in the next four years. Chinese GDP expanded 4.9% in the third quarter, a robust rebound from the ravages of COVID-19. How America responds to China should be framed by...
When an unpredictable marketplace emerges, it can be difficult to reproduce past success. If we choose what used to be, what used to work—sticking with just the familiar actions--we may find our goals out of reach. The outcomes those actions used to generate are no...
We have all been through a lot in 2020, and a return to normalcy seemed to be peeking its head around the corner this summer. Unfortunately, with the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases it appears we are destined to find ourselves in front of our...