Regardless of the type of small business you operate - whether online or from a brick and mortar location, retail or service based - business likely fluctuates throughout the calendar year. Many businesses see particular spikes in sales around certain holidays, and some enterprises run on seasonal schedules, with a high...
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Apr 30 2012 - 1:58pm
Today, many entrepreneurs look to e-commerce as a way to start a business. With the advent of online marketing and the success of many other internet-based businesses, many people who want to start a small business see e-commerce as an ideal avenue. In the past, if you wanted to start a small business, a brick and...
Apr 30 2012 - 9:34am
Whether you're processing payments online, in store or through long-range pos terminals on the road, payment processing security is an important part of your business. Not only are data breaches and payment fraud...
Apr 27 2012 - 6:38pm
According to The Globe and Mail, retailers across Canada are jumping at the opportunity to extend their retail presence to the baby products market, especially through e-commerce avenues, where the source said the market is particularly open. ...
Apr 27 2012 - 9:03am
Upon examination of the surface of the business world around the globe, it might seem as if e-commerce is an almost ubiquitous presence. A quick internet search will likely yield a wide variety of retail businesses that are largely or entirely web-...
Apr 26 2012 - 6:58pm
Economists in Canada say that consumer confidence remains positive in 2012, despite a slight dip in the index in April. The Winnipeg Free Press said that while the Conference Board of Canada's most recent survey of consumer habits at the point of sale found that while a dip in jobs contributed to more cautious consumers in April, the aggregate feeling indicates that the...
Apr 26 2012 - 5:56pm
Businesses that primarily sell services to other companies - often referred to as B2B firms - differ significantly from retail businesses. Aside from the most basic difference - selling a service rather than a product - B2B companies do not take payments the way larger retailers do, through...
Apr 26 2012 - 1:44pm
A recent measure in the Canadian federal budget that was promoted by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has faced considerable criticism from the nation's retail sector. The initiative, which would allow citizens to bring in more goods than ever before from across the U.S. border without paying duties, and it is being strongly...
Apr 25 2012 - 5:48pm
Retailers in Canada hope that sales will increase as more consumers head to the stores this Spring. While retail sales across a number of industries declined slightly in Statistics Canada's recent February Retail Sales Index Report, according to Bloomberg, retailers who implement strong...
Apr 25 2012 - 5:48pm
A recent study performed by Longwoods International for the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation found that the majority of visitors to Niagara Falls travel there exclusively to shop, unlike other popular Canadian commerce centres, like Toronto, where shopping is a part of a more diverse commercial landscape. With this in mind, retailers in the area must enlist the help of reliable...
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