Pollinate, which equips banks with a toolkit for small businesses, is teaming with Mastercard to roll out its “Ingenious” filmmaker competition that will highlight the resilience of small businesses amid the pandemic, according to a Friday (June 25) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Businesses making late payments aren’t new, nor is the resulting threat to cash flow for small- and midsized business (SMB) buyers and suppliers. While those issues can be caused by a number of factors when a business pays bills late, it’s not always because it...
The timeworn phrase “think global, act local” is attributed (somewhat mistakenly) to the 1915 book “Cities in Evolution” by civic planner Sir Patrick Geddes. The concept is spelled out all right, proving it’s been around a good while. And it’s more vital as businesses rebuild...
Small businesses may be the backbone of the United States economy, but one might not know it from looking at U.S. consumers’ shopping habits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
The hassle of hiring new workers has stalled a year-long advance in small business confidence, new data shows, casting a cloud of doubt over one of the economic recovery’s most important drivers. According to a new study out from the National Federation of Independent Businesses...
The pandemic’s devastation in poor countries includes major damage to the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) sector, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
In theory, the pandemic period has done wonders to boost consumers’ connections to their local businesses worldwide. When PYMNTS, in cooperation with Pollinate, surveyed 4,519 consumers in four countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil), the data confirmed as much as 53...
Reconnoitering the levers and dials of experience as it relates to loyalty, PYMNTS researchers recently uncovered four distinct personas emerging post-pandemic. “Local shoppers” prefer intimate Main Street boutiques, “online shoppers” are devoted to digital, “national shoppers” like name-brand chains, while “mass merchant shoppers” go for...
America’s small- and medium-sized businesses, particularly the mom-and-pop shops lining main streets and town centers, have shouldered through a very challenging 15 months of COVID-era lockdowns and restrictions that, at long last, appear to be coming to an end. Get the Full Story Complete the...
