Business Trends
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36Economic Expectations from GAWDA’s Chief Economic Consultants
In times of economic turmoil, GAWDA members have long turned to the association’s Chief Economist Brian Beaulieu and his team at ITR...
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26Tips for young people considering joining the family business
Those of you who know me or who have read my previous columns know that I spent my entire career working in...
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18GAWDA Members Lend a Hand During COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an incredibly trying time for our nation and our industry. Though many GAWDA members remained open in...
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18Operating as an Essential Service
The gases and welding industry is an integral part of our everyday lives. Of course, GAWDA members already understood that. But now...
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AWS Appoints Gary Konarska as Executive Director and CEO
On March 27, 2020, the American Welding Society’s (AWS) Board of Directors announced Gary Konarska II as the organization’s new Executive Director...
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Succession Planning: Don’t Let a Triggering Event Take Down Your Family Business
by Caroline K. Reff Forty years ago, your father and mother started a family business. They worked hard, and the business grew....
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411How to Overcome a Loss
By Bill McCloy, Managing Director, AmWINS Program Underwriters, Welding DistributorPro Insurance Program Your business has suffered a loss – a natural disaster...
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216Distributors: Want to Know Why Things are Getting Harder?
By Mike Marks, Managing Partner of Indian River Consulting Group Back in the day, the path to distributor growth was to sell...
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194How GAWDA Members Can Capitalize on the Upswing in the Second Half of 2020
By Steve Guglielmo and Brian Beaulieu ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu is GAWDA’s Chief Economist. He and his team of economists produce...
