Economic downturns force businesses to make drastic changes to reduce costs: layoffs, closures, refining services, and mergers to name a few. Nonprofits are no different. Before making a decision to merge, you may wrestle with many questions, including: Will merging...
Greater demand for philanthropic dollars in a challenging economy leads to more competing for less. While individual Americans give to charity at rates higher than other developed nations, barriers to giving today are several, including: Inflation and growing fears of...
Disruptions of any sort raise many questions for your business. Any market disruption could be considered a competitive threat. It may or not be a real competitor, but in the end if you fail to achieve your goal, you lost. We can prevent those losses. Since 1987,...
How can independent restaurants strike a retro-digital balance? Local and independently owned restaurants have had to make some difficult choices over the last year, but some found that solutions from the “good old days” turned out to be surprisingly helpful over the...
Your friends and relatives just LOVE your gooey brownies or spicy pickled vegetables and encourage you to take it to market. Great idea, right? Sure, but it won’t be easy. Hear about the unfortunately long list of pitfalls and barriers to taking a food product to...
The COVID-19 health crisis has drastically shifted our shopping habits – and retailers’ responses to the changes. Fair or not, grocery chains and big-box retail have enjoyed an artificial advantage over their smaller, independent counterparts who were forced to close...
