AUGUST 7TH, 2009
By MATT GRUHN
By MATT GRUHN
Putting words to the P&L
Joe Cavarretta has sat through enough budget meetings to know that it can be tough to live up to numbers that were put to paper months prior. In today’s economy, “tough” can be an understatement of magnificent proportions. But Cavarretta has devised a method, along with fellow managers at Riva Motorsports, a seven-brand powersports dealer in Pompano Beach, Fla., that helps him and Riva’s three-location company unearth valuable information that aids the dealership in improving its business. Read more >>
Tags: Economy, P&L, Powersports, Solutions
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