“Common sense is not a gift. It's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.” This is a tough market, and common sense usually isn’t enough to get through it. Lenders have expressed the need for advice on how to stop the bleeding by employing effective revenue tactics and optimizing efficiencies in their back-office operations. Identifying key areas in which to focus via informed benchmark data is a critical component to designing and deploying impactful tactics. STRATMOR can help. Contact CEO Lisa Springer to learn more. Did someone say revenue? Bicycles, which saw an unprecedented surge in demand over the course of the pandemic, are seeing sales come back down to earth. In the first six months of the year, revenue at bicycle shops in the U.S. was down 7 percent compared to the same six months of 2021. That’s a slight miss, but the business overall is still up substantially off the pre-pandemic levels. (Availabl
How much would you pay for a company responsible for a funny video? How ‘bout $1.7 billion bones? Amazon, catching the eye of the FTC, has made an offer to acquire Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn. (Speaking of household goods, I occasionally am asked by LOs or employers about closing or referral gifts that are memorable or unique, unlike a bottle of wine or a doormat. I’ll often suggest Cutco knives (no, this is not a paid ad), as there is free engraving with the LO’s name & phone number, and point them to Luke Sasek for advice or to place an order.) I guess things are good in certain sectors of the economy, unlike residential lending. Plenty of jobs are being lost in residential lending, layoffs continue to occur weekly in big and small lenders and investors as companies grapple with volumes down 50 percent from much of 2020 and 2021. Rumors of impending closure of divisions by major lenders and investors (including wholesalers) continue to swirl, altho
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(ABC 6 News) - On Friday various members of Rochester s diverse community gathered to host an event educating various workplaces in the area about inclusivity.
Diversity Crew put on the event called the Return on Investment of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Every person you interact with - they re at different places. Meaning they have different experiences to draw from, Chris Moreland, a Diversity Crew partner, said.
The new, one-year-old organization called is working to highlight those different experiences. Until 2016 and the supreme court ruling legalizing marriage in all of the United States, I could not marry the man that I have loved and stood beside for more than 11 years, speaker David Gifford-Robinson said.
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