October 29, 2021
SMBs Tout Local Shopping as Salve for Supply Chain Issues,...
As shortages of supplies and labor continue to plague businesses and retailers across the country, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are pushing an age-old message: come shop with us....
October 07, 2021
PYMNTS’ Merchant Index Finds Main Street SMBs Taking Different Paths...
Big wins for small business seem harder to come by as global enterprises dominate the news and our everyday lives, but small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are a pandemic-era success...
October 06, 2021
SMBs Look for Leg Up in Competing on Digital Marketplaces
At the beginning of 2021, optimistic prognosticators said the U.S. would be out of the pandemic’s depths by the fall, but with vaccination rates slowed and the delta variant spreading...
September 06, 2021
Digital Devotees Can Keep Selling While Tackling Labor and Product...
In what seems like an interminable rebuilding year for small and medium businesses (SMBs), Labor Day weekend sales — and back-to-school selling that typically precedes the holiday weekend — are...
September 06, 2021
Tech & Flex: Main Street SMBs Prep for 2021’s Year-End...
It’s Labor Day, and so our thoughts turn to … not working. In all seriousness, though, any holiday that is meant to honor the legacy and vitality of the U.S....
August 27, 2021
Britain Contactless Payment Limit Going Up
British banks will limit contactless payments across the region to 100 pounds ($137) starting Oct. 15, banking industry body UK Finance said on Friday (Aug. 27), according to a Reuters...
August 24, 2021
Heavy Traffic Is Good News For Auto Parts Retailers
It’s hard to find a sector handling pandemic-era curves better than auto parts. In recent weeks and months, the nation’s top auto parts retailers continue to report robust sales gains...
August 20, 2021
UK July Retail Sales Fall Sharply But Remain Higher Than...
U.K. retail sales, buoyed by high grocery store spending during the European Championship matches in June, dropped unexpectedly in July, The Guardian reported Friday (Aug 20). According to Great Britain’s...
August 09, 2021
AMC, Meme Stocks And The Threat Of The Subscription Model
There are business model disruptors that come in the form of digital-first, scrappy, small companies that challenge incumbents, and do things cheaper and faster. Then there are disruptors that make...