What is happening? Where are we going? When will this end? How much worse can it get? These are challenging and uncertain times, to say the least. In just a few days the economy began to grind to a halt while anxiety and panic left the general public with their mouths wide open. Your [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
Champ Rawls a partner of The Rawls Group and Gina Miller who is a partner with Bennett Thrasher in their Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. discuss VALUE. Depending upon one’s perspective, value can take on many different meanings. Banks, IRS, Wall street, valuation specialists, business owners, vendors, strategic relationships (franchisor/manufacturer) all view value [...]
In order to ensure you are moving your business in the right direction, with respect to your personal motivation and perspective, answer these five key questions: Do you feel a responsibility to take care of those who depend on your business? What impact do you want to have on your employees and your community? [...]
The new year brings change, and with change comes uncertainties – often leading to fear, anxiety, and worry of the unknown. If there is one thing that is for sure, change is imminent. It is the one constant on which we can count. It can get so complex that dealers either don’t engage in [...]
Culture in organizations matters. There are only three resources in almost any business: people, time, and money. One of my partners at The Rawls Group likes to point out the difference between an average performing business and a world-class business most often comes down to the quality of your people and how they are [...]
The automotive retail sector continues to be hot in the M&A industry. Family offices, private equity groups and other private investors are looking for ways to expand their portfolios. It is not rare to see such activity in the automotive retail sector. What is rare is the generational dealers, those who are two and three [...]
“We are built for this” highlights the story of how two people with vastly different personalities and business beliefs found common ground to grow and successfully transition the business from gen 1 to gen 2. Hugh Roberts, Jeff Bannon, Howard and Susan Drake discuss different strategies implemented key to their success and what they [...]
