The holidays are over. The stockings have all been put up to next year. The Christmas tree lights no longer twinkle till the wee hours of the morning. Auld Lang Syne has been sung and the streamers have all been swept up. That list of gifts you had to get has been tossed aside and now we all face the same problem of trying to hold on to as much money as possible in order to pay off our Christmas debt. For small business owners this time of year is traditionally one of the toughest, known for the number of bankruptcies that are filed each year by companies that unsuccessfully pinned all their hopes on lack luster holiday sales.
No longer driven by the fear of showing up without a gift for every stranger and coworker at the company Christmas party, stores have to be even more vigilant to attract consumers into their stores. Window shopping which is considered by many to be a sport to begin with, quickly takes hold of the country with only those retailers with the most enticing displays gaining a visit from customers who are holding on to their wallets with a death grip. If you would like to be one of the few that has such an amazing custom designed window display that customers literally line up to get inside, then the time has come to reach out to Godfrey for some help on how to survive those winter blues.
Godfrey has exactly what you need to stop those window shoppers in their tracks with such choices as window banners available in sizes 15.5′ X 24′, 24′ X 36′, and 24′ X 48′, in and outdoor window pennants that can easily be mounted via our flag pole suction cup mount, and our fantastic looking glass mounted literature holders perfect for vendors just itching to get their promotional materials into the right hands. Complete with custom designs, a ton of available features, some of today’s hottest styles, and of course plenty of eye catching graphics, Godfrey’s amazing window treatments are your best bet for higher sales!

Being as it is the first week of 2011 one can’t help but be optimistic about what the future will hold for this country. As our leaders begin to make plans and iron out details for what will hopefully bring forth a surge of economic growth in the coming twelve months, one leading indicator suggests that things are already starting off on the right foot. According to economists small businesses were responsible for 58% of all the hiring that took place in November. What this means is that over 90,000 individuals were hired to work for companies that employed less than 50 workers overall. President Obama had this to say about the