How Businesses Can Deal with the Performance Themes of 2023, Including Inflation & Interest Rate Hikes
For businesses to traverse the performance hurdles of 2023, which include interest rate increases and lingering issues from 2022, they’ll...
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What’s Concerning Retailers Right Now?
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us, Juanita Schwartzkopf takes a look at what retailers are concerned about right...
Helping Businesses Deal with Rising Interest Rates, Cash Flow Needs and Covenant Compliance
Businesses are dealing with a cavalcade of challenges in 2022, not least of all being rising interest rates and inflation....
How Can Businesses Adapt to Surging Transportation and Commodity Costs?
The convergence of geopolitical tension, continued disruption to the supply chain and the labor market as well as the lingering...
How Does a Business Deal with Inflation in 2022?
Inflation has been on the rise for years, but it really surged in 2021 and will continue in 2022, creating...
How Does a Business Survive the Supply Chain Issues of 2021?
It’s no longer news that the supply chain is under unprecedented stress, but just how extensive is the damage and...
Evaluating Working Capital in the ‘New Normal’ of the COVID-19 ABL World
As the COVID-19 pandemic ramps back up through the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, a tentative ‘new...
Breaking Down the Role of a Stalking Horse Bidder
Chapter 11 filings are being used as ways to Implement 363 sales more so than in previous decades, according to...
Perfect Timing: Q3/20 Brings New Opportunities for Lenders
Despite the economic hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still loans to be made. Juanita Schwartzkopf of Focus...
The Operating Cycle: Lame Lending School Concept or Key Performance Indicator?
Juanita Schwartzkopf of Focus Management Group argues that the operating cycle is more than just a simple calculation and walks...
