As part of the #SummerofSmallBizAdvocacy, hundreds of small business leaders attended our webinar on “Unleashing the Power of Advocacy for Your Small Business.” The webinar featured an esteemed panel of small business owners from the 3C Community who passionately shared their perspectives about the importance of advocacy and encouraged others to get involved. Click here…
Lawmakers in Washington and agency heads like the FTC’s Lina Khan speak of targeted advertising supported by data sharing as if it were a scourge that should be regulated out of existence.
Washington, DC (July 17, 2023): Today, the Connected Commerce Council (3C) released a new study showing that more than 2.5 million California small businesses (roughly 60% of the state’s small businesses) sell products online. The survey of 1,500 California-based small businesses conducted by the Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) highlights the importance of e-commerce to the…
Washington, DC (July 12, 2023): The Connected Commerce Council (3C) today released the latest 3C University (3CU) course, “Scale Your Workforce.” This free online course is the third of four training programs from 3CU in 2023, and the sixth overall to help small businesses optimize digital tools to enhance their operations and drive more revenue.…
It’s not really news (though it was apparently leaked) that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after several years of investigation, may be close to filing a lawsuit alleging that Amazon’s business practices violate antitrust law. What is news is the abject shakiness of the FTC’s reportedly strongest claim – that Amazon manipulates consumer search results…
Small businesses continue to show incredible resilience despite years of unexpected economic turbulence. The economy remains fragile, but policymakers in Washington, D.C., and some states are tackling an issue that could have profound financial implications for small businesses: data privacy. The need for a national data privacy law One central tenet we can all agree…
Washington, DC (June 16, 2023): Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director Rob Retzlaff issued the below statement regarding the reintroduction of Sens. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA). “After failing to convince 60 of their colleagues last year to support AICOA, and losing cosponsors this year, a…
Affordable digital ads have been a huge driver of our business growth. Without them, we’d be in serious trouble. That’s why I’m deeply upset that Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and his…