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Bruce Kratofil is a market researcher, economist, and writer in Cleveland, OH. He grew up in North Ridgeville Ohio and is an alumnus of North Ridgeville High School and Case Western Reserve University.

Rolling With the Numbers

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 11, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

One data series I have been working on is Tire Review’s Rolling with the Numbers, a video series that examines data we have collected from tire dealers through regular surveys. Here is one of the latest videos. By the way, …

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Shopowner’s Top Concerns

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 6, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

Here is something I wrote for the January issue of Aftermarket News. It is based on a survey of shopowners we did in 2021, asking them about their top concerns about their shop. Two things keeping them up at night …

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My New MacBook

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on March 23, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized

My circa-2011 MacBook finally decided to retire. It got replaced by a new MacBook Air with the new Apple M1 chip. I will give a couple of mini-reviews, but the first thing I want to talk about is its extreme …

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How Long?

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on March 20, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized

Wow, I haven’t updated this blog since April 2017. In a way, that makes sense because I started a new job in May 2017 (be sure to check out the wonderful content at babcox.com) and I was concentrating on that. …

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Roman Blood – Ancient Rome Mixed with Raymond Chandler

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on April 25, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized

What do you get when you mix ancient Roman history with a detective novel with the atmosphere of Raymond Chandler?  You will get Roman Blood – A Novel of Ancient Rome, the first in a series of detective novels (Roma …

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TBT- Growing up in North Ridgeville

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 2, 2017 Posted in Photos

This picture, taken in 1967, was the house we lived in North Ridgeville, Ohio, from 1960 to 1972. It is on the corner of Bainbridge and Chestnut Ridge Road. Our family moved into the new house on Labor Day weekend, …

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Throw-back Thursday to Summer

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on December 8, 2016 Posted in Photos Tagged with Cleveland

I’m just doing a throw-back Thursday to a day when it was warm this year – this was taken on July 2 – as downtown was getting fixed up for the RNC. I hope I didn’t complain about the heat …

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Long Live Rock

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on November 30, 2016 Posted in rock

The new “Long Live Rock” sign in front of the Rock Hall appears to be as popular as the script Cleveland signs. On a trip there a couple of weeks ago, there was plenty of interaction with the signs, as …

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Book Review: The Sleepwalkers

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on October 10, 2016 Posted in Book review Tagged with history, WWI

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914 Beginning in 2014, there was a flurry of activity as we came up to the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Poised to take advantage of the interest …

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Playoff Time

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on October 5, 2016 Posted in Photos, Sports

We will be going to Friday’s game 2 – David Price versus Corey Kluber. We will be sitting very close to where I took this picture a week ago. Since the game starts at 4:30, there probably won’t be a …

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