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How Digital Tools Help Small Businesses Weather Economic Challenges

Sharon Nguyen and Prisha Punjwani, 3C’s Tech Policy Fellows Recent trade policy changes have created serious challenges for small businesses. Most notably, steep new tariffs are driving up the costs of imported goods and materials, forcing small businesses to choose between two bad options: They can either absorb the higher costs and accept pared-down margins,…

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3C’s Response: Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan

March 15, 2025 Thank you for the opportunity to offer comments on the development of a national artificial intelligence (AI) action plan. On behalf of the Connected Commerce Council (3C) — a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring small businesses have the digital tools they need to thrive in today’s economy — I urge you to…

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3C Applauds Governor Moore for Withdrawing Delivery Tax Proposal

WASHINGTON (March 20, 2025) — Connected Commerce Council Executive Director Rob Retzlaff today issued a statement in response to Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s withdrawal of a proposed 75-cent tax on online-order deliveries. “Governor Moore made the right decision. The proposed doorstep-delivery tax would have unfairly burdened Marylanders — particularly those with mobility issues — who…

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3C Endorses Sen. Young’s Small Business Technological Advancement Act

WASHINGTON (March 13, 2025) — The Connected Commerce Council (3C), a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of digitally empowered small businesses, today voiced its support for the Small Business Technological Advancement Act. The bipartisan legislation would clarify that small businesses can use the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 7(a) loan program to purchase digital tools,…