New York Times: There are, however, some brief periods in a person’s life when old routines fall apart and buying habits are suddenly in flux. One of those moments – the moment, really – is right around the birth of a child, when parents are exhausted and overwhelmed and their shopping patterns and brand loyalties […]
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OC Register: More than one in five small-business owners (22%) expect to add jobs over the next 12 months, while 8% expect to eliminate jobs, according to the new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll. This is the most optimistic owners have been in four years, Gallup says. Small-business owners tend to be optimistic. Otherwise,
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Fresh Business Thinking: The Sage Omnibus surveyed over 1,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from its 800,000 strong UK customer base and found that five per cent of business owners are planning on working on Christmas Day, seven per cent on Boxing Day and ten per cent on New Year’s Day. Furthermore, it showed
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Orlando Sentinel: The survey, funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, found that more than half of the Millennial generation — those ages 18 to 34 — want to start a business or have already started one. But 38 percent of young adults say they have delayed starting a business because of the economy, the
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A recent report analyzes the attitudes entrepreneurs have in six different countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain. According to Sys-Con Media, although business hasn’t been at its best, most entrepreneurs are still optimistic. Forty three percent reported negative or no growth in revenue last year. Despite this performance
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The National Federation of Independent Business said employment fell by an average of 0.1 per firm from 0.3 in September, according to its survey of 2,077 small businesses. The jobless rate is seen holding steady at 9.1 percent for a fourth straight month. The NFIB survey showed 12 percent of small-business owners added an average
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The need for more women in business is spreading internationally. While the US is still fighting to introduce more women into big businesses or start their own, Turkey is trying to motivate its own women to consider entrepreneurship. “A country cannot progress or struggle for democracy without women. Becoming a leader cannot be achieved without
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The statistics say that government-backed loans are on the rise, but not necessarily the number of businesses receiving the money, reports The Wall Street Journal. Last October, the SBA expanded the pool of eligible small businesses by raising the loan amounts it would back to a maximum of $5 million from $2 million. But that
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The Wall Street Journal: According to the study published Monday by the Fiscal Policy Institute, immigrants constitute just over one-third of New York City residents. But they are 48 percent of the city’s small-business owners. Immigrants dominate businesses like grocery stores, taxi services and dry cleaning but they are in every sector of the economy.
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President Obama’s job speech will be later today, and many business owners are apprehensive about what they will hear. A recent survey shows that entrepreneurs are ready to grow their businesses, but they are waiting for the right moment. Citibank’s latest small business survey, released Tuesday, found that 49% of small business owners are holding
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