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Small Business
With stores closed, local bookstores lean on online sales
by
Alli Fam
and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 31, 2020
At Bookshop.org, a platform for independent bookstores, sales are way up.
Despite imminent federal aid, small businesses are desperate
Mar 27, 2020
Many have already laid off their entire staff.
The restaurant industry is already struggling to stay afloat
by
Justin Ho
Mar 17, 2020
With coronavirus keeping people at home, restaurants are shutting their doors and shifting their business models to adapt to the crisis.
For these retailers, the holiday season is crucial — and has deadlines
by
Sean McHenry
Dec 18, 2019
This holiday season, we're following several retailers from the end of November to the start of the New Year. This is part two of our series.
A flower shop in Maine roots for newly arrived refugees
by
Bridget Bodnar
and Kimberly Adams
Dec 13, 2019
In Cynthia Anderson's "Home Now," Somalis and Congolese transform a former mill town. At a flower shop there, wariness turns to warmth.
Small retailers face the extra challenge of negotiating tariffs
by
Andy Uhler
Nov 28, 2019
Big retailers can negotiate to keep tariff-induced price hikes at bay. That's hard for small businesseses.
The big problem for small business? Finding qualified people to hire
Nov 12, 2019
One in four small businesses is having a hard time recruiting, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
For public good, not for profit.
A small bike shop with a big, customer-first idea
Sep 10, 2019
HubBub Bicycles specializes in something you can't easily buy online.
Recession talk begins to wear on small businesses
by
Erika Beras
Sep 10, 2019
Owners were slightly less optimistic in August than the previous month.
How veterans are faring in the tight labor market
Sep 5, 2019
One out of every 10 businesses in the U.S. is owned by veterans, and most of those are small businesses. But, like the rest of American workers, low unemployment is changing how they are entering the workforce.