If you’re pricing guitars by the stamp on the headstock, you’re trading profit for a tidy story. Jason Isbell didn’t just make a wardrobe choice — he made a market-point: “people pay for their biases – people will pay more to reinforce the incorrect opinions that they already have.” He also recently released two Mexican-made acoustics with Martin, built from the vibe of a 1940 Martin 0-17 he used on his album Foxes In The Snow. That’s the kind of public move that changes buye

Freeze the holiday hype: the Canada Post strike is already a cash hit — "to cost small businesses $1 billion" — and we’re not through week four yet. If you sell, ship, or depend on online orders, this is the liquidity squeeze you felt coming but didn’t prepare for. Why this matters at the counter Banks and pundits can talk rates and tariffs, but a broken delivery system hits dealers and pawnbrokers where it hurts: inventory turnover. The Financial Post reports the strike wi