Supply chain hangups and labor shortages have frustrated small businesses. But for a custom frame shop in Detroit, optimism is high for 2023.

“We’ve had a huge increase in co-working memberships and demand for that, as well as meeting room rentals,” said Audrey Hoyt, co-owner of The Pioneer Collective.

Inventory loss “could have been a lot worse,” said Johanna Dominguez of Put a Plant on It. But merchants suffered as shoppers stayed home.

The owner of a North Carolina toy shop talks about the state of her business after the holiday retail season.

How heavily are the odds stacked against startups without the “massive leg up” of family wealth?

Ashanti Williams and Arian Rivera of the Black Yard Farm Collective talk about moving their farm to a new location and working with kids.

After raising prices last fall, Kristin Thalheimer Bingham, co-owner of Dean’s Sweets, describes her expenses and product pricing.

Small business owners continue to face a lot of uncertainty over COVID, rising interest rates, and the possibility of a recession. So many are taking steps to prepare for a potential downturn in 2023.

OffBeat owner Phillip Rollins says January and summer are his “most hated months” because business is so slow.

Three retailers from across the country share how they did over the holiday shopping season.