John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how social distancing is the current challenge for retailers to use Santa as a customer attraction.

Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that the government not only not tax PPP forgiven funds, but also simplify the forgiveness process for all PPP recipients with loans under $150,000.

Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on why he thinks the federal government should distribute the unused PPP funds allocated in the CARES Act to small businesses, and to make the forgiven loans tax free.

Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the challenges the franchise industry has had during the pandemic lockdowns have hurt this sector disproportionately since it’s made up of almost all Main Street operators.

Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his approach to helping new hires become imprinted on the power of corporate culture, plus what he’s learned as a leader during the pandemic.

Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to report on his company’s experience in maintaining a productive and motivated workforce during the lockdown, including staying close to employees with regular communication.

Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on why the big geo-political winner after the pandemic will be China, and the losers will be essentially all of the West, including the U.S.

Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report that Big Tech became the big winners in the pandemic era because of the virtual nature of their business model, and by contrast the losers were those industries that rely upon face-to-face.

Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the results of Small Business Saturday 2020, which was at least as strong as last year, and which gives us hope for an improving Main Street economy.

Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that there is over $100 billion in CARES Act relief money designated for small business, but no one in the government is doing anything about getting it distributed.