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3C Criticizes Sen. Klobuchar’s Latest Amendment to S. 2992 as a Sham that Doesn’t Address Small Business Concerns
Washington, DC (May 26, 2022): Rob Retzlaff, Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director, released the following statement following Sen. Klobuchar’s (D-MN) manager’s amendment to Senate Bill 2992, the American Innovation and Choice online Act. “Senate Klobuchar’s manager’s amendment is political window dressing, designed to make her colleagues believe she has addressed some of the countless…
3C Slams Sen. Lee Bill That Would Crush Small Business Online Advertising
Washington, DC (May 19, 2022): Rob Retzlaff, Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director, today responded to Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) introduction of The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act, legislation that will cause ad prices to rise, disproportionately hurting small businesses that use affordable digital ads to promote their business. “Google’s affordable, easy-to-use digital…
New Research: Small Businesses Believe Congress is Focusing on Wrong Issues
Washington, DC (May 19, 2022): As inflation rises to historic high levels, the stock market continues to be volatile, and supply chain disruptions threaten economic recovery, small business leaders are confounded by Congress’s excessive attention on a problem that doesn’t exist: “fixing” the remarkably successful small and medium-sized business (SMB) digital economy. A national survey…
David Audretsch: Mom-and-pop retail is now diverse, exciting, successful
Americans’ shopping preferences have changed. Indiana residents would often walk to the five-and-dime in the past, and we made many more trips to the mall. Today, those visits are less frequent, yet many...
OPINION: Anti-trust bill will hurt small businesses, disrupt commerce
Congress is currently debating the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), an antitrust proposal with very good intentions that was designed to protect consumers. Unfortunately, the broad scope of this measure could...
Sheffie Robinson: Are lawmakers in Congress trying to hurt Florida’s small businesses?
I hope Congress stops and thinks carefully before passing laws that could do more harm than good. I am a self-taught software engineer and serial entrepreneur who loves helping people move up in the world. One of the most...
Can Small Business Save Us?
When Ann Cantrell realized a pandemic had descended upon New York City in March of 2020, the prompt that led her to shut down her iconic Brooklyn shop, Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store didn’t come from a daily Mayor…
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act Manager’s Amendment Doesn’t Really Fix the Bill’s Problems
Since introducing the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, proponents have maintained that the bill would not impact consumer products. Senator Chuck Grassley, who cosponsored the bill, argued,
Congress: Support Digital Platforms That Support Texas Small Businesses
When we started our specialty fitness company, we knew digital technology would be important and social media would help us build a community. Thank goodness our plan worked, because COVID-19 slammed so many...
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