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Would You Loan $50,000 To This Retailer?

Should you?!

  • The A. Little Shaky Company

    by ROI Co-FoundersMay 23, 2025
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See how empowering the cause-effect levers of retailing can be!

Many retail owners have faced this situation at one time or another: a fellow retailer (perhaps in your community, or someone you know through a trade association or buying group) asks for your advice. Or - gulp! - asks for a loan!

  • How would you respond? How should you respond?!

Or, consider this: Would you loan $50,000 to your own business? Should you?!

This Webinar of the Week, led by Pat Johnson and Dick Outcalt, Co-Founders of The Retail Owners Institute®, will show you an approach to take whenever you face those kinds of requests.

The good news: There IS a way you can help without ruining the friendship – or your bank account.

  • Watch as we analyze the Shaky Company performance in a matter of minutes by calculating some key ratios.
  • Then, once we compare Shaky’s current status to the Benchmarks for his retail vertical, the next steps almost write themselves.

👀 This lively and in-depth webinar is essentially a (free!) master class in retail financial turnarounds.

See for yourself how empowering it is to understand the cause-effect levers of retailing.



The Presenters

Pat Johnson and Dick Outcalt have been called "The Zen masters of retail finance!" "Doctors for retailers." "Amazing!"

The Co-Founders of The Retail Owners Institute®, Pat and Dick are recognized experts in strategic retailing. Working only as a team – Outcalt & Johnson: Retail Strategists, LLC – they have been consulting, publishing, and speaking professionally throughout North America.

They focus exclusively on retail, or wherever retail is involved. They work with CEOs, CFOs, boards and owners of retail operations, as well as manufacturers or wholesalers expanding into retail.

Known as good listeners, their engaging and empowering working style with owners and decision-makers is objective and collaborative, and appreciated for its real world practicality. See Outcalt & Johnson: Retail Strategists and Retail Turnaround Experts to learn more about their in-person professional services.

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