Small Business Labs

MAY 21, 2020

" Businesses will be able to create a Facebook Shop for free and upload their catalog, product pictures, and details like prices, delivery terms, etc.    Customers can then browse and order products. Some store examples are illustrated below.

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Facebook 219

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Entrants that prove disruptive begin by successfully targeting those overlooked segments, gaining a foothold by delivering more-suitable functionality—frequently at a lower price. 

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Stock prices and market caps are subject to rapid change (to say the least), and as the financial ads say, past performance is not an indicator of future results.

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AT&T UPS Finance 260

Small Business Labs

APRIL 8, 2021

Large battery storage systems are coming down in price and "green hydrogen" systems are becoming viable.   .   The last issue keeping renewables from fully replacing fossil fuels is storage.    But that's quickly changing.   

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Small Business Labs

JULY 20, 2021

According to Reuter's Soho House IPO Sets High Price for Entry , the chain has 119,000 members and a waitlist of 59,000 looking to join. .   Key quote from the article: "From its garden-studded outdoor space and rooftop pool to its cozy-yet-luxury indoor bar and club, Soho House Austin has arrived."

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Networking 192

Small Business Labs

MARCH 20, 2018

Their key finding is retailers serving higher-end and price-conscious customers are doing well and opening new stores, while retailers targeting middle income customers are struggling and closing stores.  It shows that revenues of higher-end and price-conscious retailers grew 81% and 37% over the past 5 years.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

." It then covers various kinds of new types of clubs that are mostly in urban areas and cater to those with relatively high incomes: "These are stylishly designed, members-only spaces that often come with a high price tag, thereby limiting membership to the wealthy and privileged.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For a price tag of only $12, this was an attractive deal to fans who were not located in Colorado or could not pay the $60 cost of a normal ticket. .  Their platform also allowed audience members to use breakout chatrooms during the show, allowing audience members with similar interests to connect and interact in smaller groups.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

are not included in its price. Simply put, coal is not economically competitive with other sources. This even though many of the costs of coal (pollution, worker health problems, etc.) As cheaper and more efficient ways to store energy become available, there will be even less need for coal plants. Expect coal's rapid decline to continue.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 27, 2018

The strong economy is creating more opportunities for solopreneurs of all kinds - and especially highly skilled solopreneurs - to win more business and also increase their prices. We expect to see more growth in nonemployers in general and the high earning segment in particular. 

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We agree with this list and in our experience, the key to freelancing success is finding and cultivating the right clients.

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Negotiating 130

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2017

All of this sounds somewhat silly, until you start to look at the prices of the digital kitties.  The game allows players to trade or sell their digital kitties. Instead of money, the game uses the cryptocurrency Ether for transactions.

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AT&T Learning UPS 170

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Price is also an issue. per six-pack (the current retail price of a Dogfish Head “Flesh and Blood IPA” on Craftshack.com)." Their analysis shows an estimated 75% of the US drinking age population resides within 10 miles of a brewery. " So is the craft beer boom over?

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

In other words, the amenity gap between superstar cities and other places has closed, while the housing-price gap has widened. Another driver is continued improvements in distributed work technologies.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 3, 2019

  But it quickly branched out beyond this and today it provides a wide range of services - most of which are in the creative fields - at price points ranging into the thousands of dollars.    And like other online talent marketplaces, they started targeting large enterprises several years ago. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This sent the price of bitcoins soaring to over $700. As I write this the price has settled back to about $620.   Despite the drawbacks, bitcoins are by far the most popular alternative currency and at current prices there is more than $8 billion in circulation around the world. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Some sources are even more dire in their economic assessment. A recent study by economists at the University of Chicago suggests that 42 percent of recent layoffs will result in permanent job loss.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

  They've created a network of 160 3D printers that is able to produce parts fast and cheap, at prices competitive with traditional injection molding in order quantities up to 10,000 pieces. .  All three of these shortcomings are rapidly changing.    One example is Voodoo Manufacturing. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

  We're happy Extra Crunch subscribers and think those interested in startups and tech trends will find it well worth the $99 annual price tag. .   We've quoted more liberally from the article than we usually do because it's an Extra Crunch article and behind a paywall. 

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Health AT&T Management UPS 160

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

4) CLEANTECH AND THE DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON ENERGY PRICES HAS CREATED NEW WINNERS AND LOSERS IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST INDUSTRIES. These are: 1) THE DIGITAL DISRUPTION IN RETAIL HEIGHTENS THE IMPERATIVE OF DUAL TRANSFORMATION. 2) THE RISING DOMINANCE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS CONTINUES TO SHIFT MASSIVE MARKET VALUE.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 10, 2017

setting prices. After the overview, the book turns to the nuts and bolts of becoming and building an independent worker business. This includes chapters on: building an independent worker brand. marketing and selling services. the role of online marketplaces. legal aspects of independent work (taxes, business structure, etc.).

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Winning the Price, Loyalty, and Experience Trifecta. The recently released their 10 Business Travel Trends for 2020. The 10 are: The Power of Being There in Person. Designing Great User Experiences to Boost Adoption. Travelers Demand an End-to-End Experience. Platforms Simplify the Ancillary Purchase Process. Expanding the Sharing Economy.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We also expect commodity prices will remain low in 2016. But oil wasn't the only commodity seeing price drops. The  The collapse of China's growth and a weak European Union economy led to a steep declines in most commodities prices in 2015, with the Bloomberg commodities index falling 26%. . The

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2017

  The major downside of indoor farming has historically been higher prices.  . The food is also grown close to population centers, so it's delivered fresher and with lower supply chain costs.  One reason is the use of LED lighting systems.

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Environment 150

Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2012

 The reason they go elsewhere is usually price and they often use their smartphones to compare prices. As long as pricing is generally comparable across channels, consumers are unlikely to switch to another retailer or channel."   Showrooming is part of the much broader trend towards business transparency.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The new Label Works products from Epson  are also great examples of how the prices of products with digital content is falling, while the prices of physical products are going up.    And the price of the tape has increased over time because of this.   This product sells for just $39.99.   

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Email Management UPS 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 23, 2014

  The phone is priced at $199 to $299 with a two-year contract. This is cheaper than similar iPhones, but not as aggressively priced as many expected. It also has a "dynamic perspective" feature than uses 4 onboard cameras to track a user's head movements so it can provide 3D like images.

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Phones 100

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Energy: Oil prices have fallen from over $100 per barrel in July to about $57 dollars today. But there is a negative side to declining oil prices. These firms will be hurt as the energy industry cuts back due to lower prices. GDP increasing in the 2.75% to 3% range. The major positive is, of course, lower energy bills.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We think showrooming will also expand beyond retail price checking - customers of all types of business will increasingly use showrooming tactics to find better prices.   Showrooming is the opening salvo in a big data driven war for customers.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 29, 2012

 The reason is they've used their smartphone to compare prices and have found the product cheaper elsewhere - and elsewhere is usually online. They also found if the price difference in-store vs. online is more than $5.00, most customers using mobile devices will leave. .

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Networking 100

Small Business Labs

APRIL 25, 2017

  According to the DSA the top motivations include: Being able to purchase products one likes at a discounted price (62%). The motivations for working in direct selling are similar to the motivations for working in the online on-demand economy (ODE) with the obvious exception of product discounts. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 25, 2011

Commodity prices have been on a tear over the last 6 months.    2010 saw a wide range of commodity prices shoot up.    Increases in copper (up 35%) and steel (up 32%) were relatively modest, but both are expected to increase again this year with steel prices forecasted to rise 66%.  

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2007 2012 2010 UPS 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 13, 2019

It will also hurt consumers because it;s likely prices will go up and driver supply will go down. .  We think forcing rideshare drivers to be employees will benefit the small share of drivers who are full-time and don't value flexibility.    We also think it will hurt the vast majority of drives who value flexibility.

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Legal Policies UPS 114

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 7, 2018

  Key quote from the article: while average hourly earnings are growing at an annual rate of 2.7%, the consumer price index for the 12 months that ended June 30 was up 2.9%. That means the purchasing power of Americans went down during that period.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 3, 2012

.     The key quote is about a shoe truck in Austin, Texas which is pictured above: When former fashion editor Sarah Ellison Lewis wanted to open a funky shoe boutique in Austin, Texas, she had sticker shock every time she saw the price for a store lease.

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Clothes Learning 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2013

 Priceonomics is a price guide on, well, almost everything. According to the website, they "search and analyze hundreds of millions of listings on the web to build our price guides." Excellent article on Food Truck Economics over at the Priceonomics blog.

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Restaurants Goals UPS 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The conference is very reasonably priced - just $105 - so if you are in or near the Chicago area on October 23rd, it should be on your schedule. Regular readers know we often refer to their Global Small Business blog and turn to them for information on small businesses going global.

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International 100