Editor’s Take

2. Consumers will be more optimistic once they get a better idea of who will replace President Bush. Besides, anybody who replaces Bush will be an improvement.

To propel your company to a favorable second half of 2008, you obviously can’t sit back and wait for the good (new president) and the bad (rising gas prices) to do your job for you. Keep up the hard work by examining your database more closely, improving your merchandise so the product offerings make yours the go-to company, examining more closely what vendors can do for you, and above all else, make sure you’re delivering what your customers want from you.