Data-powered digital tools, including ads and analytics, are key to small businesses’ growth and success. So it’s worrying that California legislators are considering a bill, AB 566, that could significantly limit data availability. AB 566 requires web browsers like Chrome and Safari to let customers opt out of all online data sharing in a single…
After struggling with chronic fatigue for over a decade, Cleveland mom and digital marketing expert Veronica Blue finally found relief by switching to a low-carb, gluten-free diet. But she missed her favorite comfort foods — especially hot cereals like farina. Unable to find low-carb substitutes, she experimented with ingredients like almonds and flax seeds until…
In 1948, a small Iowa workshop began making kitchen knives from steel and aluminum no longer needed for the war effort. When the Rada family took over in the 1960s, they gave the company its current name — Rada Cutlery — and grew it into a national brand. Nearly 80 years after its founding, Rada…
Five years ago, I worked closely with then-Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council to pull off a minor miracle: saving Woodhaven’s historic Neir’s Tavern
In a business climate already gripped by uncertainty comes legislation that promises to dismantle monopolies and boost labor protections, but which actually takes dead aim at small New York businesses
WASHINGTON (May 28, 2025) — Connected Commerce Council Executive Director Rob Retzlaff released the following statement ahead of closing arguments in the Google Search remedies trial. “The DOJ’s proposed remedies may be aimed at Google, but they’ll hit — and badly hurt — America’s small businesses, too. “Dismantling Google’s integrated search services would break the…
When Jackson-based small business owner Kevin Deneen was tapped to help advise the White House on artificial intelligence, he wasn’t sure what to expect.
Eleven years ago, when brothers Chris and Jason Angelini started handcrafting leather wallets in their parents’ Massachusetts garage, they never imagined they’d soon be running a thriving global business. But what began with a single wallet design and a few sales to friends and family quickly evolved into American Bench Craft — maker of rugged…