Patricia Orsini
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Zombies are not just good business for Hollywood. Apparently, the ammunition industry has found a target audience, as well.
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A new survey by Citibank finds that 23 percent of small business owners have gone without pay for at least a year as they work to keep their businesses afloat in a tough economy.
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It comes as no surprise that 75 percent of employees in a survey said that having a Summer Friday policy would be an effective tool for increasing productivity. But did anyone think to ask their bosses what they thought about Summer Fridays?
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A new survey from Bank of America shows that small business owners are more confident in their local economies than the national economy. And they’re looking for signs of growth in their local economies before they grow their business.
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One retailer's experience raises a question that many small businesspeople are asking in times of tighter credit and uneven profits: Are bigger banks willing to deal with the risk of a smaller business in tough times?
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A pickup in hiring heading into the summer months could bode well for jobs creation in the second half of 2012, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com.
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Nearly a third of online shoppers surveyed purchase gifts in the week leading up to Mother's Day; another 18 percent wait until the last minute. So local merchants, expect Saturday to be busy.
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Small business owners were more optimistic in April, but compared to a year ago they haven’t really moved the needle forward on feeling more confident about the economy.
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Uncertainty surrounding the economy, combined with a lack of qualified workers and improved efficiencies with current operations are among the reasons cited in two separate surveys as reasons why job growth in the U.S. has stalled.
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Business-for-sale market conditions have improved in the first quarter of 2012, a recent survey found, spurring business owners that had been on the sidelines to think about selling now.