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It’s hard to believe in today’s economy, but sales of pet supplies (not counting pet food) hit a staggering $11.1 billion last year, up 2 percent compared to 2010, reports a new Packaged Facts study, Pet Supplies and Pet Care Products in the U.S.
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Summer is winding to a close all too soon, but if you have summer interns on staff at your small business, there’s still time to get the most from them before they head back to school in the fall. As your summer interns end their service, it’s also a good time to review what went right (and wrong) Read More

Check out the latest Friday Small Business Roundup for tips and ideas to help grow your business, such as grabbing your share of back-to-college shopping and protecting your business from a customer’s bankruptcy. Read More

What are mobile technology users doing with their devices? A new Gartner report, Survey Analysis: Early Tablet Adopters and Their Daily Use of Connected Devices, found that five online activities are rapidly moving from the PC to the tablet: checking email (81 percent of respondents), reading news Read More

Maria Valdez Haubrich recently blogged on this site about back-to-school shopping projections and what they mean for your small business. But back-to-college shopping is an even more profitable part of the back-to-school equation. The National Retail Federation/BIG Insight Survey recently took a lo Read More

Is your retail or ecommerce business looking for hot new products to sell? One of the best places to scope out new products is at a trade show. Trade shows are where manufacturers and wholesalers show off their hot new products, and offer a great venue to comparison shop among different product lin Read More

Web.com is pleased to announce a series of Small Business Forums, which will be held in various communities that are part of the Web.com Tour. The first forum will be held in Boise, Idaho, on September 11, 2012, in conjunction with the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft. More details to come, Read More

Do you need help answering the phone when you’re busy taking care of customers? If so, then you might want to consider an answering service to help you field and triage incoming calls. With trained professionals available throughout the day—and during nights and weekends—an answering service can he Read More

The future of retail is online, mobile and social, reports a recent Motorola Solutions survey reported by Marketing Charts. U.S. retailers polled predict that within the next five years, nearly half (42 percent) of retail sales will come from online, mobile and social commerce sites. To keep custom Read More

The economy is improving—or is it? In today’s roller-coaster economic environment, the risk that a key customer of your small business might declare bankruptcy is ever-present. How can you protect your business from a key supplier or customer’s misfortune?
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