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While the surging cost of gasoline and the upcoming presidential election are still wild cards that could affect holiday spending, so far the retail outlook for 2012 is positive, according to a Deloitte forecast.
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Small business owners in the Dallas area can get free help learning more about marketing their business online at a Web.com Small Business Forum coming up next week. (Register now!)
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Small businesses hear a lot about the growing buying power of the Hispanic market. But there’s another consumer group that’s just as big but more often overlooked: African-Americans.
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Are you trying to market to affluent consumers? Then you’ll want to know what the results of the latest Ipsos MediaCT 2012 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey say about their media consumption habits.
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Good news for ecommerce retailers: Online shopping is projected to grow by 20 percent this holiday season as compared to 2011, according to a Citi Research study reported by AllThingsD. But before you rub your hands together in glee, know that the reason for the increase is because there are two mo Read More

A recent study by professors at Brown University and the University of Colorado-Boulder found that consumers widely differ when it comes to how they approach buying a product. Some people require a lot of information, and prefer details — and others make more of an intuitive decision. The interesti Read More

Remember layaway programs? If you’re a Baby Boomer like me, you probably remember your parents paying for purchases like the family’s winter coats, a new dining room set or other major purchase “on layaway.” Here’s how it works: The customer essentially puts a product “on hold” with a retailer, the Read More

The nation’s small business owners are feeling increasingly optimistic, but are still struggling with cash flow concerns, according to the most recent Western Union Small Business Barometer. More than three-fourths (79 percent) of small business owners in the nationwide poll were optimistic that th Read More

What do users want from your small business’s mobile website? Speed is of the essence, according to a new Google study reported by MediaPost. Google found that taking too long to load was a big factor in whether consumers converted to buyers or not. Mobile sites that load in 5 seconds or less have Read More

The Independent Workforce Index announced that “independent work continues to be a sustainable, financially rewarding and personally fulfilling career choice for a growing number of Americans.” The study by MBO Partners, whose services make it easy for independent consultants, revealed that indepen Read More