Lumber is skyrocketing in price again, which will affect housing. Rising prices for lumber are once again adding to worries of soaring home prices, Hope writes. Fueling the surge: Sawmills still can’t keep up with demand, wildfires wrecked inventory, and tariffs doubled on Canadian lumber. By the numbers: Prices are… Read More »Lumber Prices
Just like waves on the sea shore, the inflation just keeps on coming and the tide is rising. Consumer prices in the United States continued to surge at the start of 2022, as inflation hit a 40-year high in January. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 7.5… Read More »Inflations Just Keeps on Coming
R A P I D and V I R A L would be pretty good opening words if you were playing a round of Wordle about the game itself. As the latest figures provided to Statista by Similarweb show, If you haven’t heard of the game yet, you’re increasingly likely to be in the… Read More »Wordle a World Wide Phenomena
The list of the world’s most valuable companies is famously dominated by North America, with Apple currently sitting at the top of this prestigious pile. In the infographic below, we pit Apple against the rest of the world to see how each continent’s biggest public company compares to the might of… Read More »The Apple of my Eye
Many businesses are loaded down with problem issues that can affect the sale of the company. This baggage can be in the form of overpaid and/or unproductive employees, outdated or unused equipment, expensive leases on old equipment, unsellable inventory or an expensive lease on outmoded facilities. Buyers can struggle with… Read More »Tip #039 Too much baggage can hurt the sale of a business!
Non-compete clauses restrict a seller’s ability to operate or engage in a competing business for a period of time after closing. Survey responses show that three to five years is the prevailing non-compete period.
The current level of trade deficit is not sustainable, if we don’t start investing and selling products from America, other countries will start investing in America.
Labor issues, pending tax changes, inflation – these are three major issues driving sellers to market right now. If you feel a sense of urgency to sell, but just are not mentally ready to exit, you are not alone!Deals can be structured in many ways for owners who would like… Read More »Sell & Keep Working?
Non-compete clauses restrict a seller’s ability to operate or engage in a competing business for a period of time after closing. Survey responses show that three to five years is the prevailing non-compete period.
As every large & small business has experience, shipping & fulfillment costs have increased exponentially…especially during the last 2 ‘COVID’ years. Amazon’s logistics costs have skyrocketed over the past decade, with shipping and fulfillment costs growing almost 40-fold between 2009 and 2021 (revenue growth: almost 20-fold). https://www.statista.com/chart/17207/amazon-shipping-and-fulfillment-costs/