It’s Labor Day, and so our thoughts turn to … not working. In all seriousness, though, any holiday that is meant to honor the legacy and vitality of the U.S. worker must also pay homage to the flexibility of Main Street SMBs, that humble but...
The last 18 months have been nothing if not transformative. Not just for consumers — who made, and continue to make, a push into doing, well, everything online. The pandemic has also been a period of seismic change for the small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)...
As the world navigates the latest surge in COVID cases attributed to the Delta variant, and medical experts caution that COVID will soon transition from pandemic to endemic disease, the question now asked by many is this: “When will we get back to normal?” It’s...
Facebook is teaming up with Indifi, an online lender in India, as part of a larger initiative to bring on more local businesses as advertisers, Reuters and other news outlets reported on Friday (Aug. 20). “We’re not looking to make money from this program, we...
Editor’s Note: Erwan Gelebart, who was JazzCash’s CEO at the time of this interview, is no longer with the company. It’s the fifth-largest country in the world based on population, but Pakistan and its millions of small merchants have been overlooked as the shift to...
American small businesses are feeling less optimistic in the face of ongoing labor shortage and supply chain hiccups, according to a new report from the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). The NFIB said on Tuesday (Aug. 10) that its Small Business Optimism Index dropped...
Some 45 percent of Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) expect revenues to increase this year, according to PYMNTS data from earlier this summer, with 60 percent saying the vaccination will be “very” or “extremely” helpful in boosting growth this year. See more: Nearly...
The last 18 months have been marked by incredible challenges and adjustments within the nation’s small business community. Digitization went from being an option to a necessity nearly overnight — and business owners and entrepreneurs of all stripes were forced to rewrite their models in...
Making Loyalty Work For Small Businesses: Brazil Edition, a PYMNTS and Pollinate collaboration, analyzes survey responses from a census-balanced panel of 1,106 Brazilian consumers to assess their desire to shop with local merchants, their appetite for loyalty programs these merchants may offer and which types...
