As brick and mortar businesses of all sizes are struggling to stay open, eBay is aiming to aid their smaller “mom-and-pop” sized sellers with the roll-out of a new initiative called Always Open. Focused on sellers who also operate a physical store front, the program...
Good news for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): Spending growth at mom and pop shops has outpaced that of the big chains in both of the past two years. According to Bloomberg reports on Wednesday (Nov. 22), purchasing patterns research from Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president...
History tends to repeat itself. In retail, we’ve seen this happen time and again. The latest aspect of retail to rear its head again is the direct-to-consumer (DTC) approach. From Warby Parker to Etsy and Everlane, more startup consumer companies are making the choice to...
January 10, 2020
Serving the needs of Americas millions of micro-merchants and mom-and-pop shops is one of those business plans that always sounds much easier in theory than it turns out to be in practice. The simple reason? Diversity. Other than being small, they’re a rather diffused group in terms of who they serve, what they sell, their […]
February 09, 2018
As brick and mortar businesses of all sizes are struggling to stay open, eBay is aiming to aid their smaller “mom-and-pop” sized sellers with the roll-out of a new initiative called Always Open. Focused on sellers who also operate a physical store front, the program is free but requires an eBay Stores subscription. Merchants that sign […]
November 24, 2017
Good news for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): Spending growth at mom and pop shops has outpaced that of the big chains in both of the past two years. According...
