Employee turnover is one of, if not THE, biggest concern of c-store owners today. The cost of hiring, training, and then losing an employee (either by employer or employee choice) has always been a challenge in the retail industry. Since this is a subject many consider more important than the swine flu, the credit crunch, [...]

I was reading an article this week regarding the sales crunch that many businesses put themselves under during the last quarter of the year as a means to make up for the first three quarters. Think that will business as usual for 2009? Last weekend, we watched as Phil and Tiger attempted to make up [...]

It never fails. During this time of year — when the trees are just starting bloom, the days are ever so slightly longer, and we have that rogue week or two of perfect 70 degree weather — I come down with what my father used to call “beach fever”. Apparently, I am not the only [...]