PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

According to data from the latest Store Front Business Index TM (SFBI), a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com, these small businesses are growing faster than the U.S. Other highlights of the study include: In Q2 2015, specific improvement was driven regionally by 4.1% The SFBI stood at 112.9 points in Q2 2014.

Maine 100

Maine South Carolina New Hampshire Capital 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

Despite being nearly geographically identical to its neighbor to the east , New Hampshire, Vermont is very much its own place. As anyone who has ever ventured to Vermont can affirm, it’s a very particular place for some very particular people. By The Store Front Numbers . So, the outperformance is a bit of scant consolation.

Vermont 100

Vermont South Carolina New Hampshire Massachusetts 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. Of course, when it comes to bouncing back, a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs wouldn’t hurt, especially when so many residents have left to seek better living conditions elsewhere, and no one is sure when (or if) they’ll return.

Puerto Rico 109

Puerto Rico Tucson El Paso Georgia 109

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2016

Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. Can someone please make capital available? 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

Taxes 50

Taxes South Carolina New Hampshire Maine 50

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

New Englanders are known nationwide for several things: a stoic disposition, a fondness for chowders, a congenital love of wool and a weird horror at the letter “r.” The vagaries of the New England economy show up, encapsulated, in Massachusetts. The overall region was up 2.3 By The Store Front Numbers.

Massachusetts 100

Massachusetts South Carolina New Hampshire Virginia 100