Wintrust Business Lunch 7/18/25: Market round-up, small business success, June’s Fiserv Small Business Index and The LaSalle Chicago Hotel

Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John Williams to ‘color in’ the details surrounding what the markets have done this past week.

Segment 2: Dave Charest, Director of Small Business Success for Constant Contact joins John Williams to talk about how small businesses stay on top during summer, the slow season. Dave also shares why it’s important to him to help small business owners make sense of marketing.

Segment 3: Mike Spriggs, Head of Consumer Insights at Fiserv, joins John Williams to share details from June’s Fiserv Small Business Index. Some details include consumers pulling back spending at small businesses for the third straight month, national sales grew and more.

Segment 4: Tim Plamondon, Director of Sales and Marketing for The LaSalle Chicago Hotel joins John Williams to discuss their monthly transformative and immersive Sound Bath experiences led by certified sound healers. Tim also talks about how the property hosts weekly live entertainment as well as tasting events that are open to the public to come out and give them a try, as well as Weekday Timeless Pours, which includes a curated pour from their cellar with each sip a moment worth pausing for.