While it’s often multi-store brands that make headlines, 95 percent of retailers are small business owners with one store operation. So in New York next month at Retail’s BIG Show, you’ll see a lot of, well, big things (25,000 attendees, 450 exhibitors and headliners like Walmart’s Bill Simon), there’s also a featured program specifically for [...]
Local retailers like Teresa Miller of Treats Unleashed and Jim Adams of Falls Road Running Store compete with national, online retailers on customer service and product selection every single day. But there is one aspect where these local retailers are at a disadvantage: sales tax. Unlike brick-and-mortar stores, who are required to collect and remit [...]
NRF will be represented by a jeweler from Maryland when the House Small Business Committee holds a hearing next week on a provision under the health care reform law that has created a burdensome new tax reporting requirement for retailers and other businesses. Seth Shipley, owner of Shipley’s Fine Jewelry in Hampstead, Md., is scheduled [...]
We’ve all heard of Black Friday (and, today, many of are breathing a collective sigh of relief that it’s over!). And most of us have heard of Cyber Monday, the popular phrase for the Monday after Thanksgiving. But have you heard of Small Business Saturday? If you haven’t, you’ve got an excuse: This is the [...]
Thousands of people come to Retail’s BIG Show year after year, but this year there are changes even the die-hards haven’t heard about. After the pre-Convention meeting for NRF’s staff, held earlier this week, I made a few notes on things that even the tried-and-true attendees might not know yet. Read on: #1: What recession? [...]