By Jami Gibson The retail landscape has been changing drastically over the years, and it seems that every week, I see a new article about a retail chain closing stores, declaring bankruptcy, or laying off employees. Just this past week, Michigan saw the bankruptcy and...
By Jami Gibson I came home on New Year’s Eve afternoon to a brightly-colored present waiting on my front porch. Inside was a beautiful journal and a card from a close friend with a challenge to keep daily entries for 2017. Now for just over a month, I’ve been spending...
By Jami Gibson It may seem cliche to look back at the past 12 months and anticipate the upcoming year when every New Year rolls around, but I think everyone does it. Like a reset button, the changing of the calendar year provides the illusion of a fresh start. It...
By Jami Gibson Since 1991, Whittaker Associates has provided target marketing services to commercial real estate professionals and building/property owners. A lot has changed within the commercial real estate industry these past 25 years, and much of that is due to...
By Jami Gibson This past June, I wrote my article about the “be nice.” program, a mental health initiative aimed to raise mental health awareness, bullying and suicide prevention in K-12 schools. Since then, I spent most of my free time over the summer serving on a...
