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New hires at Mary Bird Perkins, Premier Health, Dunham School | Business
Baton Rouge The Louisiana Clean Fuels Coalition has named former technician and crew chief John Storey as coordinator of electric vehicles and Mary Broussard as the manager of business development and communications. Storey is a Marine Corps veteran with 10 years experience in fleet maintenance. He has held various assignments in fleet work with Ryder and Penske. Storey earned a bachelor’s degree in administration from LSU-Shreveport. He also received a diesel technician’s degree from the Capitol Area Technical School System and an associate degree in business management from Mississippi College. Broussard retired from Entergy and Dixie Electric Membership Corp., where she worked for 25 years in customer service, communications, economic development and marketing. She earned a…
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Small Business holiday shopping is back, and maybe changed forever
Sign on glass reading Thank You For Supporting This Local Business in a bakery in Walnut Creek, California, September 15, 2021. Photo courtesy Sftm. (Photo by Gado/Getty Images) Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Over one-third of Americans (34{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73}) say they plan to shop on Small Business Saturday, a rebound from 2020, but spending during the holiday promotional day has not returned to the levels seen before the pandemic, according to a new CNBC|Momentive Small Business Survey. In 2020, 30{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} of Americans said they would patronize a small business on Small Business Saturday. Pre-pandemic, support for local businesses was higher, if declining: 44{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} in 2018 and 39{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} in 2019. …
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E-commerce Payments Market Rising New Business Opportunities for Investors
E-Commerce Payments Market This method of digital payment, without use of cash or cheques is considered as an e-commerce payment system & is often regarded as an online or payment network PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES, November 25, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Allied Market Research recently published a report titled, “E-Commerce Payments Market by Type (Credit Card, Debit Card, Digital Payment/E-Wallet, Net Banking, and Others) and Application (Fashion Accessories, Electronics & Media, Food & Personal Care, Furniture & Appliances, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast 2020-2027”. According to the report, the global E-commerce Payments market generated $XXX million in 2020 and is estimated to reach $XXX million by 2027.The report…
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Which Is Right For You?
CEO, Cadilus Inc. getty Most would agree these past two years have been unlike anything we’ve experienced before. Consistent, predictable consumer demand has been replaced with dramatic shifts in buying preferences, flooding some product categories with overwhelming demand while seemingly eliminating demand from others. Efficient and optimized “just-in-time” supply chains have been upended, driven by production disruptions, logistical bottlenecks and unexpected demand shifts. Experts generally expect many more months of economic resorting and whipsawing before the business environment returns to a level of pre-Covid stability. For business leaders trying to navigate such an environment, the traditional methods that seemingly work well in stable environments have fallen short. Nowhere is this more…
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Students to pitch business ideas to potential investors on TV
Sisodia says the ‘Business Blasters’ event will enable children to take their ventures to the next level Class XI and XII students in Delhi Government schools who received seed money under the ‘Business Blasters’ programme will now get to pitch their projects to investors on a television show every Sunday. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told The Hindu that the opportunity to obtain investment capital could take their business ventures to the next level. The first episode of the Business Blasters televised event on November 28 will witness business ideas – shortlisted from more than 50,000 ideas submitted by 3,00,000 students – being pitched to Mr. Sisodia and a panel…
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Pop-up shop showcases local home businesses in Thurmont | WDVM25 & DCW50
THURMONT, Md. (WDVM) — After the rush of Black Friday comes Small Business Saturday and a community in western Maryland is taking a new approach to the shop small movement. NOVA Hand Crafters Guild hosts Annual Art and Craft show in Vienna Pop The Shop is a small business pop-up market hosted by Main Street Thurmont and features local home-based businesses with goods ranging from ornaments and wreaths to from-scratch baked goods. Vickie Grinder, Economic Development Manager for the town, explains that the pop-up shop provides community members to explore new businesses that don’t have a physical storefront. She explained that all of the businesses featured in Pop The Shop…