Management

I love the movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” In that movie, there’s a famous line, “Get busy living or get busy dying,” where the lead character, Andy Dufresne, is focused on getting out of prison and living the life of his dreams. Truth is that many of us have been in a “prison” of sorts just…

The world's third-busiest port partially shut down last week in the latest pandemic-related supply chain disruption. A terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan port was closed last Wednesday after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. Elsewhere, lockdowns in Vietnam created a backlog of 100,000 containers...

Ask the Accountant… Question: I need to charge my customers 7.5% in sales tax, but 6% is for the state and 1.5% is for my county. How do I handle that in QB Desktop so I can file with the state, but just show the 7.5% to my customer? Answer: Sales tax is complicated, and…

idegy, a Columbus, Ohio-based branded merchandise agency, has opened a new international office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to serve as its main hub for Southeast Asia manufacturing. The expansion comes after the company adopted a pandemic strategy that improved its technology and sourcing...

While the list of skills for highly effective leaders hasn’t changed much, the items on the list are shifting in impact and importance.

A mid-year business review isn't always convenient or fun, but the benefits are crystal clear. It can help bring incomplete marketing projects to life, ditch activities that don’t work and improve internal processes. If you want to perform such review for your company, here are the six steps we follow...

commonsku, Toronto, announced that it has promoted Joe Kemple and Bre Redmond to customer success managers. Kemple began in customer success five years ago, and has onboarded many successful distributors and their teams. Redmond started with commonsku three years ago...

Among those communities from which workers could be drawn are people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Getting a kitten is fun, but it’s a lot of work. Suddenly the whole house is a toy. While we try to keep our new cat away from the smartphone charger, check out our fave five promotional products of the week, including a Guy Fieri beach towel and a "Superbad" snow globe that Seth Rogen still owns...

Charles River Apparel partnered with Cradles to Crayons to make sure low-income students across the state start the school year prepared as part of Cradles to Crayons’ Ready for Learning initiative. Charles River Apparel employees stuffed more than 1,000 backpacks with school supplies and essentials...