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A number of other US cities boast beautiful covered or underground walkways that residents and tourists use to shop, for convenience, and to see the city from a different perspective. Michael Lev (Member of The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board) dove deeper into an article from Chicago Tribune colleague, Mary Wisniewski and told Steve Grzanich about how the city has an opportunity to beautify the pedway and bring some better signage for Chicagoans and tourists to use.  

On January 15th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Final Demand Producer Index for December is due today United, Airlines, Delta Airlines, Pinnacle Financial all report earnings today Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and BlackRock report earnings tomorrow

In the recent years with a focus on technology, the grocery industry has found itself in a race to provide the latest conveniences to customers, from in home meal kits to ordering your groceries and receiving them without even leaving your car. Steve Grzanich sat down with grocery industry veteran, Paul Gossett (CEO of Jewel-Osco), to learn about the competition that is constantly emerging, the conveniences that are being created for customers, and how the iconic Chicagoland grocer continues to […]

Buying and “flipping” houses can be lucrative , but the key is doing it the right way, otherwise you’ll end up in the red. Steve Grzanich kicked off the show to learn about the right way to do it, how the Chicago market looks this year, and the polite way to call houses “ugly” with David Hicks (CEO of HomeVestors). Paul Gossett (CEO of Jewel-Osco) then looked at the challenge of being in the grocery industry with the number of […]

On January 14th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Reports on the Producer Price Index, Retail Sales, Housing Starts and Consumer Sentiment are all scheduled to be out this week Citi Group is scheduled to report earnings today JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Delta, and United Airlines are scheduled to report earnings tomorrow

The government shutdown is about to reach a new record, if a deal isn’t made in the White House and workers are upset after not having paid work for the last 21 days. Steve Grzanich checked in with Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Editor at Skift.com) to see how the airline industry is being impacted and realized that TSA is one of the biggest areas of concern, also the under the radar airline Sun Country expanding just a bit, and paying […]

The markets were in a good position after a trend of green this week and Steve Grzanich saw that was a great way to start off the first full week of the 2019, and Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) how this could be the beginning of something good but as usual, there are some areas to keep in the back of the mind like the Federal Reserve adjusting to the markets. Brian Sumers (Sr. […]

On January 11th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Consumer Price Index for December is out today Aphria Inc (Canadian cannabis company) is one of the only notable earnings reports today

Keeping banks on the forefront of technological change and clients at the top of mind if an importance balance, but Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) has focused on the balancing act and discussed it this week on the Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation while Steve Grzanich continues to look towards the future and how the client relationship and technological relationship  will change throughout the industry.  

Many people have speculated the changes that would come to the world as we inch closer to 2020, but who is thinking about the way banking will change? Steve Grzanich sorted through the technological and personal relationship balancing act with the weekly Associated Bank Thought Leader, Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank). The focus then shifted to the constantly shifting realm of marketing after Steve experienced a guerrilla marketing experience from Amazon first hand, and Nicole Ertas (Founder […]