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New Research: European Small Businesses Benefit from Digital Safety Net
Brussels, March 24 — A new report shows European small businesses that adopted digital technologies sooner and more aggressively during COVID-19 reported 80% better sales and hired more people than digitally skeptical businesses. Digitally Driven: Europe, a study commissioned by the Connected Commerce Council (3C) in conjunction with Google and Greenberg, of more than 5,000 European small businesses,…
New Research is First to Connect Small Business Digital Adoption, Revenue Growth and Hiring During Pandemic
Washington, DC — New research from the Connected Commerce Council and Greenberg, documents for the first time that early and intensive small business adoption of digital tools led directly to more revenue and more hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report surveyed more than 2,000 small businesses nationwide. The data documents that those small businesses…
More Than 1,600 Small Businesses Urge Policymakers to Protect Access to Digital Tools
Washington, DC (Feb. 23): More than 1,600 small business owners and advocates today called on state and federal policymakers to support small business partnerships with digital platforms. As the House Antitrust Subcommittee begins hearings focused on digital platforms, small businesses worry that policymakers fail to recognize how important digital platforms are to small businesses. Throughout…
3C President: State AGs Lawsuit Against Google “Is Nuts”
WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 17, 2020) — Connected Commerce Council (3C) President Jake Ward today issued a statement shortly after State Attorneys General filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. “Small businesses are hurting, and instead of helping them, these Attorneys General are trying to force middlemen between small businesses and their customers. In every market, middlemen…
Statement From Connected Commerce Council President Ward on the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act
WASHINGTON (Dec. 15, 2020) – Connected Commerce Council (3C) President Jake Ward released the following statement responding to the European Commission’s introduction of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. “On behalf of more than 1,000 European small business members of 3C, it seems that the European Commission does not appreciate digital platforms’ importance…
Connected Commerce Council Condemns Politicians Ignoring Small Businesses and Imminent Lawsuits that Threaten Digital Safety Net
WASHINGTON (Dec. 15, 2020) – Connected Commerce Council (3C) President Jake Ward responded today to news reports that several state Attorneys General are preparing to file suit against Google. 3C is a small business advocacy group with more than 13,000 members. This summer, more than 3,700 small businesses wrote to their elected officials asking them…
Iowa Leaders, Tech Experts Emphasize Role of Digital Tools in Economic Growth and Recovery
DES MOINES, IOWA (October 20, 2020) – State Auditor Rob Sand joined technology leaders and small business owners in a virtual webinar this week on the importance of digital integration to Iowa’s economic revival during COVID-19. The “Tech Forward Webcast: How Technology Is Fueling The Iowa Recovery & Growing The Iowa Economy” was hosted by…
Statement from Connected Commerce Council President Jake Ward Regarding DOJ’s “Shockingly Un-American” Antitrust Suit
WASHINGTON, DC (October 20, 2020): Connected Commerce Council (3C) President Jake Ward released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google. “The Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of Google – and now its lawsuit – is political theatre under the guise of protecting market integrity. It is shockingly…
Congressional Subcommittee Takes Aim at Big Tech Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, DC (October 6, 2020) Jake Ward, President of the Connected Commerce Council (3C), responded to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust’s Big Tech Report. “It is clear that Rep. David Cicilline and House Democrats do not understand the extraordinary value that so-called “Big Tech” digital platforms deliver to our economy, and most importantly,…
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