The latest PNC ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฎ reveals that confidence among small business owners is hovering near all-time highs, even as they adapt to persistent headwinds from inflation, tariffs, and interest rates. ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐ [Read More]
This weekโs KeyBank Commercial ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ offers a clear (if sobering) snapshot of the small business landscape as we approach Q4: ๐ซข 23% of SMB owners say theyโre in โsurvival modeโ and are more [Read More]
A new survey from Verizon confirms what many of us are seeing in the field: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. Whether theyโre five employees or 50, [Read More]
According to the latest Fiserv Small Business Index, consumer resilience is still driving solid year-over-year growth, but August brought signs of a ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ. The Index held steady at 149, with sales up +3.9% [Read More]
Youโd think tariffs, shutdowns, and economic uncertainty would slow down small businesses. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. According to Biz2Credit, the average monthly earnings for SMBs hit $105,100 in September, up from $101,800 in August. [Read More]
