Be a Smart Customer: 2015 Holiday Shopping Tips

Posted on November 13, 2015 by bermanevansretail
Every year, I offer a list of holiday shopping tips intended to help shoppers avoid overspending their budgets. Since the holiday season starts earlier and earlier each year, I’m doing the tips post two weeks before Black Friday.. According to the National Retail Federation, the holiday season actually started in October.
So, here are my 2015 shopping tips as a checklist:
 
 
2015 Shopping Tips

 

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Are You Really READY to Quit Your Job?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by bermanevansretail
Are you miserable at work, feel stuck in a rut and underappreciated, and think you’re not paid what you’re worth? Then, it is probably time to be hunting for a new job. BUT, be SURE you are acting rationally and not emotionally before you quit your current job.
Here is a video from CareerHMO on “5 Things You MUST Consider Before Quitting Your Job.”


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2016 Forecasts from Bloomberg

Posted on November 11, 2015 by bermanevansretail
About this time each year, a number of well-known, reliable sources produce their forecasts for the  following year.
Bloomberg (via its Bloomberg Businessweek) has just published its “The Year Ahead 2016” issue. Here is a video overview of the year ahead. It is followed by a link to the 50 companies to watch in 2016. Just click the chart to see an online discussion of the 50 companies covered.

 

 


 

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