July 08, 2021
Slight Uptick In New Unemployment Claims
New jobless claims unexpectedly edged up to 373,000 for the week ending July 3, missing forecasts that anticipated another decline, according to the July 8 report from the Bureau of Labor...
July 01, 2021
Clorox Stocks Tank As Pandemic Demand Fades
Clorox is one of the financial casualties in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an obsessively cleaning population eased disinfecting protocols as the world reopened amid widening vaccination distribution....
July 01, 2021
More CFOs Choosing Transformation Over Mere Digitization As AP/AR Function...
Of all the weird notes on which 2021 began, it was a wave of chief financial officer (CFO) resignations that vied for the most head-scratching headlines, like The Wall Street...
June 15, 2021
New BLS Data Shows Inflationary Pressures Just Keep On Creeping...
The cost of doing business is up — mostly, as new government data indicates, because inflation is powerfully on the rise. Figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on...
June 15, 2021
More Landlords Offering Retailers Rent Agreements Based On Monthly Sales
When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its worst, many commercial landlords gave their tenants a deal: pay us a portion of your monthly sales in rent instead of the normal...
June 14, 2021
Retailers Await New Customers, Opportunities And A Spending Boom
Last year will go down in history for many things, but in retail circles, it will be remembered as the year that comps went out the window. So extraordinary were...
June 09, 2021
PYMNTS Data Brief: 88 Pct Of SMBs Innovated For Pandemic...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) took a beating from the pandemic, and things admittedly looked grim on Main Street in 2020. With COVID now in retreat thanks to mass vaccinations,...
June 08, 2021
Report: Nearly Half Of SMBs Need More Employees
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) indicated that a record-high 48 percent of small business owners are looking for more help, dampening optimism as the world reopens after more...
June 01, 2021
The Optimistic State Of Main Street On The Road To...
America’s small- and medium-sized businesses, particularly the mom-and-pop shops lining main streets and town centers, have shouldered through a very challenging 15 months of COVID-era lockdowns and restrictions that, at...