Business Cycles A business cycle is the minimum period of time which permits the performance of all the activities related to the function carried on by a particular business. As it relates to retailing, a business cycle is that period of time between the ordering of merchandise for a selling season and the order of […]
Achieving Profits in Every Business Cycle, Part I
According to the most reliable news reports the economy, and retailers as well, are coming out of a deep slumber. Retailers had the best Christmas season in three years. But what of the intervening three years? Whether it was the bursting of the hi-tech bubble which dragged the entire stock market down, the war in […]