Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

We like following industry specific trend sources.  The beauty store industry is quite big.    Retailers Have the Ball describes the changing nature of the retail beauty industry and the growing role technology is playing.    According to the U.S. Census Statistics of U.S. . 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2016

These are good times for the temporary staffing industry. As the American Staffing Association chart below shows, the industry has been booming since the steep declines caused by the Great Recession.    2015 was another record setting year and pretty much everyone in the staffing industry is predicting good times ahead.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 22, 2012

News on February 27, 2012 of the best jobs in 2012 and as one of the best jobs this profession was cited to see "significant growth over the next decade." The Best Jobs of 2012: Executive Assistant. See The Best Jobs of 2012.]. Do you see this being one of the best jobs in 2012? You already knew this, right?

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) is a research and industry analyst firm that focuses on contingent work. Their clients are staffing industry firms and corporations that employ contingent and/or temporary workers. staffing industry forecast. annual rate over the decade from 2012 to 2022.   While 3.1%

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Success

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Those born between 1997 and 2012 were raised with connectivity at their fingertips. I am passionate about the newcomers in the industry and feel it’s my responsibility to not only offer our clients the familiar, but introduce them to what’s next,” Walker says. Hazel & Olive found its roots in Johnson’s apartment in 2012.

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MAY 20, 2022

Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. I realized it made more sense to focus on one aspect of this industry, but I still wanted to service all of my clients’ needs. In 2012 I passed along between 35 and 40% of the work that came my way.

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Success

JANUARY 19, 2024

I was lucky enough to have a mentor, someone who is arguably one of the best public speakers in the industry, in the world. In a 2012 study from a team of UCLA psychologists even found that verbally acknowledging fear can help us regulate the feeling. My fear of public speaking used to be debilitating for me. And that’s okay.

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JULY 26, 2023

Pushing past negative feedback Selander says when she began her quest eight years ago, she reached out to well over 100 people in the wine industry, but the response was overwhelmingly negative. “I How the wine industry really feels about NA [nonalcoholic] wine and the [nonalcoholic] wine drinker is not very positive.”

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the case of 3D printing, the breakout moment was supposed to be 2012, when a new generation of desktop 3D machines hit shelves. 3D printing is actively used in a lot of industries to manufacture things.    Key quote: Transformative technologies often get massively overhyped at the early stage.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2023

of the National Medical Center in Seoul, said their research contributed to the amendment of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act in South Korea, which “[covers] all the abortive outcomes in pregnant women workers,” in a Wiley press release. One of the study authors, Jung-won Yoon, M.D.,

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The construction industry is one sector that, seemingly, cannot be derailed by bumps and blows to the global economy. Like all industries, it has faced tough times, but it continues to grow at a very healthy rate. Image Source: [link]. Image Source: [link]. Yet, there are challenges ahead.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 5, 2018

We've long covered the food truck industry and in 2012 released what is still our favorite study,  Food Trucks Motor into the Mainstream, in partnership with Intuit. We think the key quote from the report is: “You can create your restaurant on wheels for $50,000 to $60,000.

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Small Business CEO

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Real estate is an industry that’s never going to slow down. The property industry truly is booming and one company that is shaking it up is Compass Real Estate. Houses and apartments are constantly being built all over the world, and demand is constant. We will always need a place for us to eat, sleep, and relax at the end of the day.

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Eco-Office Gals

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Companies that reduce or eliminate this line item from their budgets put themselves in a far better position to compete, no matter their industry. sent to landfills by 2012, 75% by 2020 and 90% by 2040. Waste management is a lucrative business for a reason. Competitive Performance. Consumer research has demonstrated for years.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Since 2012, when Chance released his first mixtape after graduating from Jones College Prep in 2011, his promise has attracted attention from established artists eager to collaborate. But, just like sharing in any other industry, the more people on a song, the smaller everyone’s paychecks are. Chance the Rapper never had a Plan B.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

with her family in 2012, her ability to code microexpressions allowed her to jump-start her career in strategic advising. “So I took the field in a very different direction,” says Särnblad, who has developed teaching methodologies that work well for a variety of people. When she moved back to the U.S.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On the most recent Future of Work podcast episode, we were joined by Dave Cairns, who has transitioned from a successful career as a professional poker player to join CBRE in 2012 where he is now a Senior Vice President. Cairns has taken the transition from digital nomad to commercial real estate specialist in stride.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 31, 2013

In 2012 there were roughly 18 million bikes sold in the U.S.   But if you exclude kids bikes (which the industry defines as bikes with wheels smaller than 20 inches), 2012 U.S. This is leading to bike manufacturing becoming yet another example of a barbell industry structure. .   Bikes outsold cars in the U.S.

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Go Burrows

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

He’s been doing this full-time since 2012. Prior, Dayne worked for a footwear catalog company learning about the direct mail industry and also the footwear industry. Dayne is the owner of Ghost Blog Writers, a blog writing services provider for companies and agencies. He started blogging out of curiosity on the side.

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

With 2012 right around the corner, your small business is likely hoping the New Year allows you and your employees a fresh start, especially if the return on investment (ROI) for 2011 has been less than stellar. If you find that’s the case with your company, what are your budget aspirations and constraints going into 2012?

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Workplace Insight

AUGUST 29, 2023

His career to date has included organising and delivering major national and international events, conferences, and exhibitions and he was the Director for London and the Olympics for Sport England, leading up to the highly successful London 2012 Olympics.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2015

Census defines nonemployer businesses as: A nonemployer business is one that has no paid employees, has annual business receipts of $1,000 or more ($1 or more in the Construction industry), and is subject to federal income taxes. Census chart below shows the number of nonemployers by industry.   The U.S.

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On The Job

APRIL 17, 2017

By 2012, Xerox was hitting $21 billion in revenue. Anthony says Xerox is an important example of what companies can do to thrive when their industry is being disrupted.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

And the the maturation and growth of the Internet and other technologies and industries (genomics, clean tech, robotics, Big Data, etc.)  Startups traditionally have turned to VC's for later stage funding, but funding from VCs is down and the industry itself is both struggling and shrinking.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 5, 2016

I read this quotation from a storage industry executive: “ People turn basements into home theaters or turn garages into family rooms and they need space for storage. Make 2012 the year you make those decisions and start living in the present. Originally posted 2012-05-18 02:59:50. The year is still young!

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Small Business Labs

MAY 9, 2016

The continued exponential growth of global coworking spaces and members : Karsten's Foertsch's excellent presentation on the coworking industry  made it very clear our forecast at the 2014 GCUC that there would be 1 million coworking members by 2018 is woefully low. Our top 10 reasons why are: 1. Coworking is truly global.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 11, 2016

I read this quotation from a storage industry executive: “ People turn basements into home theaters or turn garages into family rooms and they need space for storage. Make 2012 the year you make those decisions and start living in the present. Originally posted 2012-05-18 02:59:50. The year is still young!

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Success

JULY 13, 2022

An esteemed panel of judges —women of influence in their own right—narrowed the nominees to a list of 50 award recipients, an inaugural class that spans myriad industries and backgrounds. Graham has worked in numerous areas of the fashion industry including editorial, catalog, runway, commercial, television and film.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 23, 2014

. The "lolly" end of the lollipop denotes the average mix part-time due to economic reasons versus part-time due to non-economic reasons by industry in 2013.  The size of the "lolly" represents the size of the industry and the bottom of the stem shows the mix in 2007. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 28, 2013

  According to Staffing Industry Analysts  (SIA), there are over 67 firms in the "talent-as-service" industry and they generated about $1 billion collectively in revenue in 2012.  SIA is forecasting the industry will grow to $5 billion over the next few years. They claim about $1.2

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Ideas.Ted

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

One 2012 paper estimated that all current annual emissions could be made up for if kelp forests covered nine percent of the ocean. They create healthy ecosystems where other organisms can flourish, and they can even clean toxins from agriculture and industrial runoff. In general, we know kelp forests are good for the ocean.

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Success

MARCH 23, 2023

Adults who have graduated high school can explore pathways to paid employment “in the local municipality, healthcare or hospitality industries” through a 10-week Els for Autism Work Experience Program , a post-secondary program for students and adults with autism that provides four cohorts a year with hands-on work experience.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

  As of October 2012, about 27 million Americans worked part-time.   But we're starting to wonder if the recession is hiding structural shifts in both industry mix and job definitions that will lead to higher levels of part-time employment.    But there's more than just industry sectoral shifts going on.

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Ideas.Ted

AUGUST 9, 2021

since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Methane emissions from human activities largely come from livestock and the fossil fuel industry. Earth has warmed 1.09?

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

But as we pointed out in our post The Amazing Growth of the Pet Industry , the overall industry's revenue grew substantially from 2006 to 2011. If all of this data is correct (number of pets is down, pet industry revenue up), this means we're spending a lot more per pet.   This would not surprise me.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

 We wrote a follow-up article on this topic in 2012 after we learned high end nannies in New York and London could make more than $200,000 per year in total compensation. millionaires (those with a net worth more than $1 million excluding their primary residence)  grew for the 4th year in a row in 2012 to 9 million.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 16, 2013

.     The working sector consists consists of manufacturing, construction, retail and related industries. The creative sector consists of professional, managerial and educational services; finance and insurance; information services and related industries. But this data, which comes from the U.S.

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