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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.

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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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15 Indigenous-Owned Small Businesses to Shop From

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We know the list only scratches the surface, so we encourage you to check these small businesses out and share your favorites with us! Creator and curator Sheena Bradley is a certified herbalist, advanced clinical herbal study, and birth worker. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Awasis Boutique (@awasisboutique) 9.

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Top Ecommerce Niches of 2019

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Here’s our guide to the top ecommerce niches of 2019, including a bunch of tips to help you find the best niche for your ecommerce business. One of biggest mistakes ecommerce businesses make is selling an excessive number of products. Studies show that a 5% increase in customer retention leads to a 95% increase in profits.

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Looking Back: Amazon Prime Day 2020 Stats + Trends

ROI Revolution

billion in 2019 and a whopping 148.2% The majority of sales were driven by Sponsored Brands and Amazon’s “Back to Study” landing page. 51% of Digital Commerce 360’s top 100 online retailers had special sales on October 13. Non-Amazon retail sites in the U.S. Online sales for non-Amazon retail sites in the U.S.

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How to Launch a Lifestyle Business in the Age of Social Distancing

Retail TouchPoints

It’s no wonder why starting a lifestyle business has become increasingly popular in recent years. million small businesses in the U.S. in 2019, 79.7% This suggests that the majority of these small businesses were in fact lifestyle businesses. Out of the 30.7 of them only employ the founder.

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Amazon Prime Day 2021 News, Updates, + Stats [August 2021]

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The Prime Day halo effect remained prominent this year, with 20% of Prime Day shoppers also purchasing from another retailer on Prime Day. Part of Amazon Prime Day 2021’s deals included a special promotion giving $10 customers who spent $10 with a small business on Amazon in the two-week period prior to Prime Day.