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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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Visa On Giving SMBs A Digital-First Boost This Holiday Season

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In between the mad rush to close out the business year, retailers and restaurants prep for what they hope is the most wonderful time of their year for making sales. The good news, Phalen said, is that 60 percent of the SMBs that participated in Visa’s study said they have already taken steps to capitalize on that shift.

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Mix-N-Match Fake Shopping Holidays For Fun And Profit

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For years, the weekend after Thanksgiving has been a harmonic convergence of made-up shopping holidays, concentrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday into three days of riotous retailing. For its part, Alibaba ’s Singles’ Day event on Nov. As a companion to National Salesperson Day on Dec. This year, it falls on Nov. 11 did $74.1

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Kobe Bryant, Virtual Cards, Self-Service Technology Top This Week’s News

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Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank’s Adam Kruis, senior vice president and manager of working capital consulting, and Jennifer Swenson, vice president of corporate payment systems, discuss how the bank ensures smooth implementation of virtual card solutions.

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RH CEO: No Time To Shelter And Shrink

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His ringing endorsement of the luxury goods market, released yesterday as his annual letter to shareholders , was a clarion call to the frontlines of retailing during a decidedly difficult time. It had to close stores, like most non-essential retail, during the pandemic. No one ever said RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman was shy.

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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

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Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. 30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally.

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The Visa Foundation Launches Initiatives To Support Minority-Owned SMBs

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The Visa Foundation has launched several new initiatives aimed at providing nearly $5 million in capital to minority-owned small and micro-businesses (SMB) to help them weather the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees received “expert guidance” on navigating one of the most challenging years in retail history.

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