Can you recognize family business conflict? Few people are eager to admit their family has conflict. Especially now that social media reminds us daily that our friends have perfectly harmonious families (!), it can feel like a failure to admit that there are tensions in your family…or worse. Recognizing family business conflict can have an […]
How the Internet Changed How We Shop
(This article originally appears in BroadbandSearch) Shopping has been a fundamental activity since the early days of civilization. However, from ancient times until not all that long ago-say the last 100 years or so-the most significant changes to take place in the retail world had to do with the products available to is. The creation […]
Stand Up for Small Business Rally (National Supermarket Association)
Small businesses are not the enemy; they are the economy, the community and your neighbor. Yet, the small business community has been consistently hit with unfunded mandates from city legislation. The city is proposing additional policies that are extremely harmful to small businesses including supermarkets, bodegas, and restaurants, small business that are largely dependent on […]
The Great Northern Exodus
It is no secret that the economic climate in the Tri-State area is not great. From high taxes, to burdensome regulations, to nickel and dime fees, making a go of it in New York, particularly as a small business gets harder by the day. Unfortunately, as publications such as Bloomberg and the New York Times […]
New York State Small Business Economic Snapshot – 2019
It is difficult for small businesses to survive in general and in New York State that reality is even more stark, yet despite all the difficulties, small business growth in New York slightly outpaces the rest of the nation, as per a new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Over the last five years […]