The new normal: shopping through glass and cages. Walk into any big-box home improvement store today and you'll be confronted with locked cabinets long before you meet a salesperson. Power tools sit behind cages; tools, electrical fixtures and even plumbing fittings are held away from the ordinary consumer under lock and key.
The history of tariffs in the United States is a complex tale intertwined with the country’s economic development, politics and international relations. Immediately after the Constitution was ratified, the first U.S. Congress passed the Tariff Act of 1789. Its primary purpose was to generate revenue for the new government and pay off war debts, but it also aimed to protect young U.S. industries from foreign competition.
My direct involvement in developing hundreds of restaurants in the last twenty-five years and the background and history of each of those projects have left an amazing legacy of culinary excellence throughout the U.S. that leaves me breathless at times.
2023 is a testament to an evolving business landscape shaped by unprecedented changes and challenges caused by hyperinflation, rising interest rates, politics, fear of a recession, and an ongoing Covid hangover affecting all areas of the business community. There are too many distractions and obstacles causing concern and panic among the working class and small business owners everywhere.
To accomplish the task of survival and prosperity in 2022 and beyond, each business owner needs to get back to basic economics and accounting.
