South Carolina news and trends

SC Lawmakers Propose $20 Porn Filter
Regulation // December 22, 2016

In an attempt to crack down human trafficking and explicit online behavior, lawmakers in South Carolina are teeing up a bill that would levy a $20 fee on those who wish to watch internet pornography. The proposed bill, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, requires computers,...

Are SC SMBs Upbeat About Their Future?
Retail // February 19, 2016

The small businesses that line the main streets and side streets of the cities and towns of South Carolina may be underperforming their counterparts across the U.S., but you’d never know it from talking to their business owners. PYMNTS did – more than 50 of...

Merchants’ Eye View: South Carolina
Retail // February 19, 2016

As always, there is the story the numbers tell and the stories the people tell. And so PYMNTS went on the road again like Willie Nelson, to seek out the stories from the ground in South Carolina to get the view from the Store Front...

As South Carolina Votes, Jobs At The Forefront
Retail // February 19, 2016

The Republican primary is tomorrow, but the issues of jobs and slowing growth will linger in South Carolina after the votes are tallied.

Interviews & Exclusives
South Carolina’s Eclipse Commerce Haul

August 22, 2017
“For us, this is basically like Christmas will come twice in 2017 with how busy it’s been all week.” So spoke Rosie Dixon, the eponymous Rosie behind Rosie’s Gifts near Greenville, South Carolina. Summer, she said, isn’t her shop’s busiest season most years. Fall is usually a strong performer, when the two universities come back into […]

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SC Lawmakers Propose $20 Porn Filter

December 22, 2016
In an attempt to crack down human trafficking and explicit online behavior, lawmakers in South Carolina are teeing up a bill that would levy a $20 fee on those who wish to watch internet pornography. The proposed bill, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, requires computers, tablets and other devices sold within South Carolina to have […]