Happy New Year! Whew… that was some ride 2022 took us on. Between the Fed going wild on rate hikes to whispers of possible recession to fuel prices to Fletch finally hitting again on a sports prediction, 2022 was quite interesting. 2023 promises to be pretty unique, so let’s get to it with another year of Fletch Predicts,… Read More »
Continuing with what has become a year-end holiday tradition, I’d like to present my wish list for 2022. It’s a little different than the wish list I sent my wife (this one doesn’t include the new Jimi Hendrix live album, although maybe it should!), but this list is definitely what I’d like to see industry and economy-wise. First… Read More »
Last post I talked about B2B vendors who see financing as a true revenue-driving component to their operations. And how we, as a finance partner, help them use financing to better drive sales. Here are a few specifics that we engage in with our finance partners who want to get more out of their financing program. First are… Read More »
Every now and again, I’ll write about B2B equipment sellers offering financing. And I sometimes look back and think if someone read it at the time and listened, they did well. For example, I posted a “why aren’t you offering financing?” series in January of 2020. Just one month after I posted, we began hearing about a possible… Read More »
I usually don’t revisit my predictions midyear, but I want to make one further prediction for this year. And since I’m doing that, I may as well let you know I nailed my Warriors basketball prediction, my NHL prediction (Lightning) made the finals and my Mets prediction is looking pretty solid right now. But the important one is… Read More »