SME News
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2020-11-14
Small toy stores are worried they won't stay in business after this year
New York (CNN Business)The winter holidays are typically the busiest, and most successful, time of the year for Erin Blanton, the owner of Pufferbellies toy store in Staunton, Virginia. Around a quarter of Pufferbellies' annual sales come betw...
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2020-11-13
Namibia: Covid-19 to Hit SMEs Particularly Hard - IMF
The domestic recession exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic is still to affect small and medium enterprises (SMEs) particularly hard. These smaller firms are typically more vulnerable than their larger counterparts, due to, among other factors, their...
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2020-11-13
Video gamers help small businesses build websites for free during pandemic
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – At the beginning of this year, the Tier 1 gaming lounge was taking off. “Business was pretty good,” said Jordan Tian, who was part of the team launching the gaming lounge in Milwaukee. “We had li...
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2020-11-13
$3 million in grants available for small businesses to outfit their spaces for winter
With the weather outside becoming frightful, many small businesses in Michigan are wondering how they'll survive as COVID-19 spreads more easily in crowded, indoor places. The state of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunit...
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2020-11-12
Mastercard moves to support Nigeria SMEs with new innovation
Mastercard has launched a new low-cost payments solution that enables small business owners to move their businesses online and accept a range of digital payments from their customers. The “SME-in-a-Box” solution is powered by Master...