Let's briefly review some facts: Shipments in manufactured housing have been rising for about half a year now. Month over year prior month increases have been at double digit growth rates in recent months. This new pattern counters prior declines, so that 2011 finished up about 3% over 2010 shipment levels. Thanks to efforts …
Let's start with the Good News. Virtually everyone in our industry likes to hear that new manufactured home shipments are rising. This is good news. The seemingly modest 3% rise of 2011 over 2010 masks the more impressive double digit rate growth in shipments month over month for about half a year now. For …
Rising Shipments, can we fuel an ever Rising Sales Tide? Read More »
1) It may not seem like it to regular readers of this column, but the way I begin my writing preparation is by asking questions. What are the hottest topics? Is there good news to share? Is there a threat on the horizon that needs to be mentioned? How can we do more to …
It is Super Bowl weekend, and so it is easy to think in terms of football analogies. In this past week, we had a vivid reminder of how important it is to get a “first down” in our lobbying efforts that yield a fresh set of 4 more downs to advance the ball so we …
February is here, it is leap year, and that means presidential election primary season. It is also time for our new February issue, and we have brought you another strong line up of topics from experts across the country. It is always tempting for me to point out columns that may have particular importance …
It is Thursday, 3:10 AM. I was just looking at a nice message from a client of ours. We get x amount of 'fan' calls, messages and emails. The mail brought a letter from another client, gee, very nice, thank you. While all that is good, we as a team have to remind each other, …
We have heard (and perhaps said ourselves) that we are in one of the toughest financial times since the Great Depression. There is no doubt that American businesses and the public at large is hurting, notably when compared to more robust economic times. But as my family and I go to the restaurant, grocery stores …
An headline in the Motley Fool entitled Value-Destroying Villains: Narcissistic CEOs caught my eye. Motley Fool's (MF) article first cited the case laid out by Donald C. Hambrick and Arijit Chatterje from Penn State University. Hambrick and Chatterje's paper will be published for Administrative Science Quarterly is entitled: It’s All About Me: Narcissistic CEOs and Their …
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Business and profit building education has always been one of the many benefits of membership in state and national associations. When we say that an association exists to protect and promote the industry, that's true. One of the ways those goals are accomplished is precisely through educational workshops, seminars, symposiums and events tailored for manufactured …
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The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show for 2012 is now in the history books. Hats off to Dennis Hill and the Show Ways team, Show Chairman Ron Thomas Sr., the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF) executive directors, our speakers, panelists and each company that helped make this show a success. An exhibitor I spoke with summed …
