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Small Business Organization Responds to California’s Amazon Lawsuit
Washington, DC (Sep 14, 2022): Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director Rob Retzlaff made the following statement in response to California’s lawsuit against Amazon. “This lawsuit is an extraordinary waste of taxpayer money, an affront to consumers and small Amazon sellers in California, and perplexing in its entirety. First, an essentially similar lawsuit in Washington,…
John T. Scott: Inadvisable law will cost small businesses more than $500 billion
In New Hampshire, nearly 138,000 small businesses employ 300,000 people, about half of our state’s workforce. It seems noncontroversial that elected officials would support policies
Online Marketplaces are the Future… if Congress Doesn’t Break the Business Model for Small Sellers
Millions of small businesses use accessible and affordable tools and services provided by digital platforms to launch, operate, grow, compete, and hire more employees. Technology provides small businesses with more easy-to-use options than ever before to help them reach markets beyond their local communities. And while brick-and-mortar stores and wholesale remain the most popular sales…
Congress must stop anti-tech legislation that will hurt small businesses
After years of digital advertising success, I’m perplexed that some in Congress are trying to pass the American Innovation and Choice Online Act…
Why Aren’t Policymakers Listening to Small Businesses on Anti-Tech Legislation?
Over the past two years, there has been a forceful effort by a coalition of unusual parties that have been working to completely rewrite America’s antitrust laws and upend the digital economy, hurting small businesses in the process. Progressive members of Congress seem hellbent on punishing success, conservatives claiming private entities that remove hateful or…
Letter to the Editor: American Innovation and Choice Online Act
I own a small business that sells chamoy (traditional Mexican candy that is sweet and a little spicy) online. This isn’t my first business, but it is by far my most…
Why Mark Zuckerberg is talking so much about Meta’s Whatsapp for business
WhatsApp is already widely popular with U.S. consumers. Now Meta Platforms is turning more attention to building its small business base.
Anti-Tech Legislation Could Be Devastating to Rural Businesses
The internet has undoubtedly changed how small businesses reach customers and sell goods. No longer limited to the…
Proposed Antitrust Legislation Threatens To Harm U.S. Tech Startups And The Innovation Economy
The recently-released GDP estimates revealed that the economy contracted for the second quarter in a row, and some economists fear that we may already be in a recession.
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