This San Francisco antiques business got its start by looking to the past. Now it’s trying to prepare for an uncertain future.
Aminah Shafiq, senior water quality advisor for Severn Trent Water, noticed her helmet wasn’t fitting properly, so she designed the first PPE-specific headscarf.
Rising freight rates and delayed deliveries are forcing a Wisconsin plant nursery to find ways around the supply chain tie-ups.
Megan Bucholz, founder of Local Table Tours, watched her business grow for a decade. Then the pandemic closed everything down.
When the pandemic halted classes at Jennie Tang’s ceramics studio, she turned to other ways to keep the operation thriving.
A New Orleans business set up an order form for Nan Parati’s signs. “We got over 1,000 orders in just a couple weeks,” she says.
Although prices for aluminum and zinc are ticking up, Adam Schaller, vice president of a Michigan metal foundry, says business is growing.
As workers struggle with burnout during the pandemic, some employers are testing a four-day week to combat overwork and lift morale.
Milli Pintacsi’s child care operation was expanding, and enrollment had reached full capacity. Then the pandemic shut down the business.
As the United Kingdom’s furlough program comes to an end, travel agent Claire Moore faces tough decisions on how to bring her employees back to work.