Revenue Shows Spring in Its Step

摘要

That nastywinter of 2014 looked like it was going to chill more than noses, fingers and toes. With car dealers' hot new models growing cold under blankets of snow, restaurants' sidewalks covered with ice and no one wanting to leave their homes-or even their beds, for that matter-many feared similarly cold first-quarter revenue numbers. "I was meeting with auto dealers in January and February, and they were crying the blues for obvious reasons-no foot traffic," said Paul Ballinger, local sales manager at WBNS Columbus, where it's been "by far" one of the worst winters in memory. "But they continued to hang in there."