Sell My Green Business

The Small Business Administration has issued its new guidance on business acquisition loans and the news is pretty good for both buyers and sellers.
The new guidance in effect rescinds much more restrictive guidance issued in early 2009 that had raised widespread confusion and concern in the minds of borrowers, lenders, intermediaries and small business advocates.
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Slow-going for Urban Outfitters’ Garden Center Brand
I recently had the opportunity to visit Terrain at Styers, the up-scale garden center plus operated by mall retailer Urban Outfitter, Inc.  It wasn’t a planned visit, but when I drove by the site, I had to stop.
Terrain at Styers is a very engaging place.  It offers a nice [...]

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It has been estimated that 60% of all acquisitions fail to produce a return on investment..  Other estimates go as high as 80%.  So it is surely worth considering just why acquisitions go wrong.  This article explores some of the reasons acquisitions go wrong.
Acquiring the Wrong Target at the Wrong Time in the Wrong Deal
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