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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

Success

of small businesses surveyed reported the pandemic had a large or moderately negative effect on their business. The current report is part of a series of surveys designed to measure how the pandemic is affecting the nation’s small businesses, and the results are sobering. Census, 67.5% In 2020, U.S. consumers spent $6.3 Richer Poorer.

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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

Success

This hashtag-driven holiday generated $3.1 According to the Giving USA annual philanthropy report, corporate giving totaled $29.48 Bombas co-founders Randy Goldberg and David Heath, however, launched a community-oriented company that, as of 2023, has donated 100 million clothing items. billion for U.S.-based billion in 2022.

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5 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season (Without Disappointing Anyone)

Success

So, the holidays and all the cheerful “requirements” that come with it, from gift-giving for dozens of people to taking time off work, can just add another layer of stress in a season meant for joy and relaxation. Exhausted Americans are saying enough to the holiday extras. It’s time to have the talk and not feel bad about it.

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Half of small business owners have no fixed working hours at all

Workplace Insight

A new report from Samsung suggests that the stereotype of the typical small business owners as a person who work around the clock is outdated. There is, however, a continuing sense of dedication, with 43 percent of small business owners taking less holiday time, preferring to continue to work from wherever they are.

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Pets as Part of the Family

Small Business Labs

The article reports that 62% of Americans have a pet in their household, with Gen Xers (71%) and Millennials (65%) the two largest pet owning generations. The article has a great quote on pet humanization: Forty-five percent of owners buy birthday presents for their pets, and 64% buy them gifts on holidays.

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5 Etiquette Lessons for the Workplace

On The Job

Do you get the boss a holiday gift this year? Remembering you don't owe anyone a holiday gift. Gifts such as cologne or clothes should be returned to any officemate who gives them to you with an "I appreciate the gesture, but I feel this is inappropriate" response. Is it OK to tweet during a business conference?

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What’s the Key to a Successful Employee Development Program?

Energage

.” If I could do only one thing to maximize the chance that a supervisor’s performance improvement advice would be followed by a direct report, I’d focus on helping the employee understand why a positive predisposition toward change might be in the best interest of the direct report, the supervisor, and the organization.

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