by Alicia Esposito | Nov 18, 2024 | News
The artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle is evolving, with more businesses sharing tangible use cases and lessons learned. Although the discourse is a bit more pragmatic, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are still struggling to determine how they can keep...
by Alicia Esposito | Apr 2, 2024 | News
MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have unveiled their latest Small Business Index to gauge overall small business health and confidence. Following a Q4 2023 score of 61.3, this quarter’s score is 62.3, reflecting a stable, relatively more positive, climate....
by Alicia Esposito | Feb 6, 2024 | News
The democratization of technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) is creating an entirely new playing field for retailers and restaurants — even small businesses. In a survey of 4,000 retail and restaurant owners and managers, Square and Wakefield Research found...
by Alicia Esposito | Jan 31, 2024 | News
Bank of America’s (BoA) latest Small Business Checkpoint for January 2024 found that not only did small businesses display resilience in 2023 but they also were “an important driver of the overall buoyancy in the U.S. labor market.” But this resilience may be tested...
by Alicia Esposito | Jan 17, 2024 | News
The holidays are big business. That’s not going to come as a shock to anybody — but, just how important are they to America’s economy? The latest figures from Adobe Analytics show that from November – December 2023, Americans spent more than $222 billion (yes,...
