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25 tips from top executives

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Since many of them will already be employed by 2025 and 2026, your company’s best chance to find new employees or poach from a competitor will be in 2024. Alan Beaulieu, president, ITR Economics B uild your product knowledge There are so many products and specifications today. Promote a brand, not just a product.

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Exclusive: Boen and Somerset—A dynamic duo

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Ask Patrick Hardy, president and CEO of Bauwerk Group, what made Somerset Hardwood Flooring an attractive purchase and he will tell you three things: the brand, the management and the fact Somerset makes a quality product. I’ve always worked for consumer brands but also production brands. We don’t have any more production capacity.

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Economics: Headwinds will moderate growth in 2024 

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We had those wide lapels and pastel colors, but at least we survived. Yes, I think 2024 and 2025 will be tough, but in 2026 you’ll find that lending standards will begin to ease again.” Impact of Israel-Hamas conflict on the U.S. We’ve seen worse inflation than this; we lived through worse than this in the ‘70s and the ‘80s.

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