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And a happy New Year to your goodself

I don't tell people off, I just guide them lol

I'm playing the optimistic card I think 2010 & 11 was a wake up call for the High Street and big business, I think you're right, I reckon we will see a few more major chains go pop. The rest will evolve out of necessity and survival.

But the Euro-crisis will be resolved in some shape or form this year, regardless of any pain caused (and there will be plenty). I'm not a follower of the media apocalypse and armegeddon scenario.

Hopefully a more viable and stable Eurozone will stop the media hysteria, and although big business and manufacturing will bear the brunt, I think this could be a good year for small businesses and start ups. There should be deals galore, from hosting to marketing, hardware to software. If you need staff, it's an employers market, university schemes etc are falling over themselves to try and place graduates and interns.

Businesses still need to spend money, the difference is they are a lot more careful now who they spend their money with, and now carefully scrutinize annual or monthly payments instead of just letting them roll. Not necessarily a bad thing, we just all need to keep on our toes and make sure we are offering the best product or service at the best price.

Be interesting to revisit this in 12 months, hopefully not sitting in our underground bunkers...

I think this thread has run its course!

So how do you think 2012 will pan out for your business?

Is it going to be a growth year after the doom and gloom of 2011?

Is it going to be the same as 2011?

Or do you think this year could be worse?

Didn't realise the ampersand was an unsafe ASCII character in URLs, very good point.

I assume it's all to do with different lines. You see these daft sale prices in the high street, and I tend to associate them with womens clothes. Blokes over the age of 35 will wear the same clobber day in day out, but womens clothes will change every other month. Guess the retailors will guestimate how much stock they need, and then dump any left over at daft discounts to make room for the next must have frock. Shows how much markup there is to be able to slash so much off the prices.

No different from buying bigger items though, you know full well the marked up price of a car is nothing like what you will actually pay (unless you don't haggle!), then a few months later, its a crazy give away sale... same goes for sofas, kitchens...

Honestly, I think its built in passion. Am as passionate about the biz as I was 6 years ago.

I agree with the "to do" lists, big fan of those, also short, medium and longterm goals keeps life interesting. Always a buzz when you hit a goal. Might be a sales target, traffic, new dividend etc.

Like you, big fan of reading about other success stories. We live in a naturally doom and gloom world, so those that can keep optimistic, will succeed.

I like KMark hmm may have to register that one.....

Go into your GA, in the menu bar, top right, you should have an option to toggle through the new and old interface. Once in the new one, just have a play. Its a bit clunky at first, but you will soon find your way around.