July 8, 2025

Dollar Tree Just Dropped Family Dollar: Is This the End of the Budget Chain Era?

Dollar Tree is officially cutting ties with Family Dollar in a $1 billion sale, closing hundreds of locations and offloading the rest. Family Dollar was acquired by its discount competitor in 2015 for $9 billion, resulting in a significant loss for Dollar Tree, according to CNN.  Neil Saunders, an analyst at GlobalData Retail, said this […]

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Beyond the Yips: How to Reclaim Your Creative Confidence

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt There’s a quiet moment before the spotlight hits when everything in your body wants to run. Your hands tremble. Your voice tightens. Your breath shortens, even though the room is still. You love

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HQ: The Trait That’s Just as Valuable as IQ

In a world that’s increasingly dominated by technological advances replacing a human’s personal touch, Shake Shack founder and restaurateur Danny Meyer reminds us that our emotional skills and ability to make others happy are among our greatest assets. Examining the core essence of a human being has been largely sidelined in today’s screening process of

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PR is Too Expensive for Some Small Businesses. Here’s How to DIY It.

You’ve built your business. You have a killer product or service, and you’re ready for your customers to start pouring in. And then…crickets. You may have come to the part as a small business owner where you realize that it doesn’t matter how great you are if nobody knows about you. That’s where public relations,

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Rich Diviney on How Mastering Uncertainty Leads to Effective Leadership

What does your boardroom meeting have in common with a platoon of Navy SEALs dropping into a war zone? Apparently, more than you’d think. Both involve the fear of the unknown, and both require a mastery of that uncertainty to succeed. We sat down with Rich Diviney, a retired Navy SEAL commander turned entrepreneur and

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Inside Amazon Prime Day: How the Company Dominates the E-Commerce Market and What to Expect in 2025

Prime Day represents Amazon’s pinnacle of strategy—an annual, exclusive and data-powered sales event that drives massive success and data insight. What began as a four-day celebration of the company’s anniversary has quickly evolved into a global shopping phenomenon, drawing in hundreds of millions of digital buyers each year who are eager to score coveted items

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What Is the Connection Between Personal Growth and Professional Development?

They say you should keep your work and personal affairs separate. In many cases, this is good advice. Creating clear boundaries between sides helps you stay present and stave off stress.  But the lines will inevitably become blurred. We can’t always divide our days Severance-style with a mental wall between career and home life as

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