The pandemic is sure to have put a damper on the pop-up Halloween store phenomena of the last few years.
A Value Village survey in 2018 revealed that 40 per cent of customers stated Halloween is their favourite holiday; second only to Christmas, it would seem, when it comes to seasonal spending.
So it should come as no surprise that the Retail Council of Canada is reporting that eight out of ten Canadians still intend to celebrate Halloween this year despite Covid-19 concerns.
Most of us have never experienced a financial maelstrom of this magnitude, in our business careers.
It’s a stressful time for many property and business owners; it’s difficult for most of us to forecast with any confidence what our sales volume for the next six months will be.
There is a good chance you may encounter some tense conversations with clients or associates who are understandably anxious about their current state of affairs.
I was privileged to be invited along on yet another great ICR sales adventure, with the company treating us to a trip to Nashville this past month!
Nashville, Tennessee is known best by its nickname of Music City
as the home of country music.
According to a study completed through Belmont University, the
City is home to over 80 record labels, 130 music publishers, 180 recording
studios, 27 entertainment publications and estimated 5,000 working union
musicians.
Belmont estimated in 2006 that the music industry, through tourism
as well as direct and indirect industry spending contributed $6.38 billion to the
local economy.
Quite the economy indeed, when you consider the first citizen to
inhabit Nashville had a wildly different background from music.
I started writing my blog to increase my social media footprint. While it has helped, it’s no longer my purpose.
Rather, I now enjoy expressing my thoughts on issues that pop up in my week. It’s usually something that has happened that inspires me to write about a topic…here’s what’s on my mind.
I want to work with a professional, whether it may be financial, medical or technical, that’s prepared to, at times, tell me what I need to hear.
If I am working with an individual or firm that is always selling me and/or agreeing with my line of thinking, I’m inclined to move on.
I must admit I’ve pushed the limits and found myself exiled
from the office on more than one occasion for coming to work when I should
legitimately be at home.
I would say my average yearly sick days would even out
around 3 or 4 maybe.
Which puts me well below recent statistics that say
government employees are averaging in at 12.2 days lost per year.
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