The Deadly Law Of Inflation And M&A On Steroids

By Carl Gerhardt

Although I have written about this a few years ago, I am compelled to do it again. I think too many of us in this industry are lulled into thinking that because we have had relatively low inflation in the past decade, that it does not have an impact. Wrong! Dr. Joe Webb is one of few who writes about this and is passionate about it. He is spot on. One of his recent writings uses the example that even if inflation is only 2 percent per year since 2004, it would equate to a 20 percent decline if your sales were flat for the last 10 years.

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Carl Gerhardt Author's page Carl Gerhardt is the chairman of Alliance Franchise Brands LLC, the parent company of Allegra Network LLC and Sign & Graphics Operations LCC, and a world leader in marketing, visual and graphics communications, linking more than 600 locations in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. The company’s Marketing & Print Division, headquartered in Plymouth, MI, is comprised of Allegra, American Speedy Printing, Insty-Prints, Speedy Printing and Zippy Print brands of marketing, printing, mailing and Web services providers. Its Sign & Graphics Division, headquartered in Columbia, MD, is comprised of Image360, Signs By Tomorrow and Signs Now brands of sign and graphics communications providers.

Carl and his wife, Judy, owned and operated their own successful Allegra franchise for nearly 20 years before selling the $2.3 million operation in 2003. He is a PrintImage International/NAQP Honorary Lifetime Member and was inducted into NAPL’s prestigious Soderstrom Society in 2010 in recognition of his contribution to the industry.

The Deadly Law of Inflation and M&A on Steroids