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Meta, Amex and TikTok Offer Holiday Help to Small Businesses

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Meta also will highlight businesses from its Meta Business Leaders Network in the new 2022 Smalliday Showcase gift guide, and provide small businesses with advice on advertising effectively with its SMB Holiday Marketing Guide. small business owners. Multiple Meta Resources.

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Strategies for Retailers to Weather the Storm this Hurricane Season

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Hurricane Season 2022 is underway, and with it comes the looming threat of outages and downtime for retailers. As we head into the peak of the season, retailers should review their disaster avoidance strategies as they seek to protect critical equipment and prevent downtime.

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Connecticut Small Business Statistics You Need to Know for 2023

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Are you curious about the state of small business in Connecticut. I have curated, vetted and listed an up to date stat on small businesses operating in connecticut. These statistics include every relevant piece of information on small businesses in 2023. in April 2019. Check it out!

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Apple Card Fees for Retailers – How They’ll Affect Small Businesses

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The new Apple Card hit the market in late 2019 just in time for the holiday season. It’s one of the latest in the trend of chic new cards emerging from more non-traditional companies. Debit and credit cards traditionally would need to be backed by a bank or other lending institution. Apple, however, went [.].

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Amazon Generates 11% Revenue Boost in Q2, Forecasts Strong Q3

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Amazon identified several key investments within retail and advertising that supported this jump, including: An expanded Prime Day : Prime members worldwide purchased more than 375 million items during the annual event that took place July 12-13 across various categories. In addition, overall operating income swelled to $7.7 billion to $61.8

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Hit Hard by the Pandemic, Most Minority Business Owners Optimistic About the Future

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In May 2020, McKinsey issued a report stating while the COVID-19 pandemic was shaking up small businesses across the board, it was disproportionately affecting minority-owned small businesses. Think food services, retail and personal and laundry services, for instance. Reasons cited were that the country’s 1.1

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3 Reasons Why E-Retailers Need to Address Digital Accessibility Now

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retail industry, as many consumers now solely rely on online shopping. Nearly one in five retailers were dependent on 2020’s holiday sales, and many of those sales came from online rather than in-store. While retail ecommerce sales grew 27.6% In 2020, 69% of lawsuits were against retail companies, up 11% since 2019.