The small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on Main Street, USA, were some of the hardest hit in March 2020, and pandemic recovery, though swift, has stagnated. These SMBs’ index scores have climbed nearly 18% from their Q2 2020 low, but quarter-over-quarter growth has slowed to...
With 130,000 permanent closures in 2020, small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) suffered economic impacts early on in the pandemic. Today, the SMBs that typically drive economic growth in small towns and cities across the United States continue to face headwinds such as emergent inflationary pressures,...
Main Street U.S.A. business owners have endured two years of false starts and lost sales due to the pandemic, but many are optimistic about putting it behind them. Fifty-six percent say revenues will increase in 2022, a notable improvement from the 45% reporting yearly revenue...
Successful Main Street business owners have always had to be resourceful and quick-thinking, but these capabilities have been tested more than ever during the past two years. Despite two years of upheaval, Main Street business owners look forward to the year ahead, hoping it will...
November 15, 2022
The small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on Main Street, USA, were some of the hardest hit in March 2020, and pandemic recovery, though swift, has stagnated. These SMBs’ index scores have climbed nearly 18% from their Q2 2020 low, but quarter-over-quarter growth has slowed to just 0.7%. This is on par with United States gross […]
April 21, 2022
With 130,000 permanent closures in 2020, small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) suffered economic impacts early on in the pandemic. Today, the SMBs that typically drive economic growth in small towns...
February 26, 2023
American companies in several industries are banking on increased post-pandemic consumer demand from China. A report Sunday (Feb. 26) by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) cites a number of examples of this trend, including Starbucks and McDonald’s opening new locations, “I remain more confident than ever that we are still only in the early chapters […]
July 27, 2020
As lockdowns resume in many U.S. states from a surge in coronavirus cases, a poll suggests the economic recovery has slowed. In a Reuters survey, economists warned any job recovery...
July 24, 2020
Britain’s stores have become the envy of the retail world. Reuters reports retail sales returned to near pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels last month when so-called non-essential stores in England reopened. In...
July 08, 2020
The British government will provide cash bonuses and other incentives to employers that re-hire workers who were laid off as a result of COVID-19, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak...
