Ecommerce is a lot more than just Amazon, says UPS CEO David Abney at the Davos 2019 conference. Abney says that their focus is really on helping small and midsize businesses compete with the bigger players by enabling them to offer two-day shipping. UPS recently introduced a product called Ware2Go which matches businesses with warehouse […]
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Based on a successful delivery trial in China via Alibaba and Uber Eats in Miami, Starbucks has announced that they are adding delivery nationwide. Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer says they are still looking at the total cost of delivery very “carefully” but they are emboldened by the higher average sale with delivery orders. Rosalind Brewer,
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Chinese manufacturers are feeling the pinch of President Donald Trump’s tariffs as U.S. retailers continue to slash orders and cut down on price. US Retailers Prepare for Trade War with China Major U.S. retailers are bracing themselves as the country prepares for more levies to be slapped on Chinese goods. Home Depot and Walmart, for example, have
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The global manufacturing market has experienced a myriad of changes in recent years. Particularly in the U.S., automation, offshoring and technology have made a major impact on manufacturing businesses of all sizes. Manufacturing Trends Here are some facts and statistics that illustrate these prominent industry trends. Manufacturing Market Size The median annual revenue for manufacturing
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The Q4 2018 Quarterly Index from the National Write Your Congressman (NWYC) organization reveals immigration ranked as a top small business concern in this quarter. According to NWYC, this is the first time the issue of immigration ranked in the top five. NWYC Q4 2018 Small Business Sentiment Index The top five issues small businesses
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Small businesses may agree on the importance of healthcare as a key political issue. But an expert maintains business owners are divided on why they believe it’s important. A recent poll found 31% of small businesses list healthcare as a top issue. But Small Business Trends spoke with Rhett Buttle, a Founder and Co-Executive Director of the
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President Donald Trump revealed that he will study putting tariffs on imported cars in order to give U.S. companies an advantage in light of large job cuts announced by General Motors in a series of Wednesday tweets: The reason that the small truck business in the U.S. is such a go to favorite is that,
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A new poll sees healthcare as the top issue for small businesses as the new Congress takes shape after the midterm elections. The numbers come from a recent poll conducted by The Small Business Roundtable, a small business and entrepreneur organization dedicated to the advancement of this critical aspect of the American economy. Small Business
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The dust has started to settle on the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico. Although it still needs to be ratified, there are some clear winners and losers as far as American small business goes. Small Business Trends did some research and reached out to
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In a recent discussion on the state of small business, White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow insisted the impact of the current trade war between the U.S. and China on small businesses would be minor. Kudlow went as far as to say the economic growth would remain strong. Kudlow and Bluemercury Co-founder and CEO
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