By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk It’s Small Business Saturday, a day to celebrate the smaller businesses that play a big part in consumers’ retail choices. It’s sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and gives shoppers a chance to support local, smaller business instead of big box stores. >> Read more trending news According to American Express, which founded Small Business Saturday in 2010, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has generated more than $85 billion worth of sales in the years since. As the daughter of a small business owner, I know firsthand the valuable contributions that small businesses make to our country's economy and to communities in WA and across the country.#ShopSmall.— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) November 23, 2018 In 2011, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Louisiana Democrat Mary L. Landrieu to designate the Saturday after … [Read more...] about It’s time to celebrate Small Business Saturday
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“COMMBUYS Changed the Way We Do Business”
At a recent networking event for small businesses, OSD staff had the opportunity to connect with the manager of an IT company on Statewide Contract. In the intere How long have you been doing business with the state? My company has been working with various state and municipal organizations for years, even before COMMBUYS. When we first began pursuing business opportunities with public entities, it was difficult and extremely time consuming to find open bids relevant to the IT industry. We had to monitor the websites of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns because there wasn’t a central registry for non-construction municipal bid notices. This was not practical for a small, growing business. Did the launch of COMMBUYS have an impact on your business? COMMBUYS changed the way we do business with the state. Instead of spending hours, sometimes days, reviewing hundreds of websites, we login to COMMBUYS about once a week and quickly review open market bid opportunities across the … [Read more...] about “COMMBUYS Changed the Way We Do Business”
Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop’s owner see his hospitalized wife
HTV National Desk Published 9:28 am PST, Sunday, November 4, 2018 Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop's owner see his hospitalized wife 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Doughnuts are flying off the shelves at a small business near Los Angeles as customers try to help the owner make time to visit his ailing wife. KABC-TV says John Chhan has greeted customers at Donut City in Seal Beach every day for the last 30 years. Last month, Chhan’s wife, Stella, suffered a brain aneurysm. She’s recovering in a nursing facility. John Chhan, who starts work at 4:30 a.m.,spent long hours at the shop so customers decided they wanted to give him more time to visit his wife. ALSO A 23-year-old soccer player celebrated a goal by grabbing a ring from his coach, jumping into the crowd, and proposing to his girlfriend Michelle Obama said Barack does one thing at home that … [Read more...] about Customers make sweet gesture to help doughnut shop’s owner see his hospitalized wife
6 badass businesses you didn’t know were housed inside the Bok building
The Edward Bok Vocational Technical School, otherwise known simply as Bok, closed its doors in 2013 after 75 years of providing vocational training in areas such as carpentry and culinary arts. The urban design and strategy collective Scout has since bought the building and transformed it to house a wide range of small businesses and artist studios. The rooftop Bok Bar, an independent recording studio, a boxing gym, a fair few photographers and designers, a couple of nonprofits, an experiential art shop and an in-demand hair and makeup artist are just some of the creatives and entrepreneurs who have set up shop in the rooms that were once places of learning. But for a school that specialized in tactile arts and technology trades, the current occupants of the space are, in a way, living its legacy. “It’s as if you took all the high school students and turned them into adults and they’re still working in the same building,” said Jessica Saint, a makeup … [Read more...] about 6 badass businesses you didn’t know were housed inside the Bok building
Visa woes have summer businesses looking to Puerto Ricans
David Sharp and Claudia Torrens, Associated Press Updated 7:37 am, Sunday, May 27, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-7', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 7', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Robert F. Bukaty, AP Image 1of/7 CaptionClose Image 1 of 7 In this May 25, 2018, photo, Anthony Rios, left, works with gardener Carol Emerson at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. Bob Smith, owner of the resort hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping, landscaping and kitchen work, providing … [Read more...] about Visa woes have summer businesses looking to Puerto Ricans