Telling companies they should not be creative is absurd. But, when it comes to sales and managing a business, on-the-fly-creativity can do more harm than good in weathering a storm like the economy has been the last few years for many businesses or developing sales opportunities. Fundamental business practices help ...
Area commercial real estate brokers and landlords are rumbling about cutting occupancy costs for tenants who want to stay in their buildings - or coming up with great deals to lure new tenants from the limited pool of companies shopping for new space. Here's one very public example of how ...
A semiconductor company is reporting financial savings from a two-year-long consolidation of its nationwide facilities into its Ann Arbor operation. Advanced Photonix CEO Rick Kurtz said his firm leveraged “cost-cutting measures” and a “favorable product mix” to minimize financial damage in the quarter ending June 26 to a net loss ...