Press Releases

LOCAL LAS VEGAS BUSINESS HOSTS “DIGITAL APPRENTICE DAY” WITH CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
LAS VEGAS, NV (October 16, 2019) – Las Vegas-based products retailer, Suddora, hosted an exclusive event focused on small business access to digital tools with staff from Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Senator Jacky Rosen’s office. Paul Serra, the owner of Suddora, provided the Senator’s staff with a tour of their headquarters and explained how…

LOCAL PHOENIX BUSINESS HOSTS “DIGITAL APPRENTICE DAY” WITH CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
PHOENIX, AZ – Phoenix-based bootmaker, David Espinoza of Espinoza Boot Maker, hosted an event focused on small business access to digital tools for the offices of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s and Representative Greg Stanton. Espinoza provided a tour of his store and manufacturing facility, where Espinoza explained how digital tools and platforms help his team of…

LOCAL DUBUQUE BUSINESS HOSTS “DIGITAL APPRENTICE DAY” WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
DUBUQUE, IA (October 1, 2019) – Dubuque-based safety product company, Smart Retract, hosted an exclusive event focused on small business access to digital tools with staff from Senator Joni Ernst’s and Senator Chuck Grassley’s offices. Marc Pichik, the owner and CEO and founder of Smart Retract, provided the Senators’ staff with a tour of Smart…

LOCAL ERIE BUSINESS HOSTS DIGITAL APPRENTICE DAY
Erie, Pa. – AcousticSheep LLC, an Erie-based business, hosted a Digital Apprentice Day with staff from Sen. Pat Toomey’s and Rep. Mike Kelly’s offices. Dr. Wei-Shin Lai, the AcousticSheep CEO and inventor of SleepPhones, the world’s first sleep headphones, spent time with Congressional staffers at her office where she provided a tour of AcousticSheep and…

Global Trade Has An Effect on US Small and Local Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 16, 2019) – Small business leaders today called on the House United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Working Group to consider the unique needs of the nearly 60 million Americans small business owners employ. In a letter to Members of the House USMCA Working Group, twenty (20) Connected Commerce Council (3C) called on their…

New Research: Digital Tools Help Small Businesses Compete
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 12, 2019) – Amid growing questions on the effect large technology companies are having on America’s small businesses, a Deloitte study has found that 85 percent of U.S. small businesses report that digital tools are critical to their success. The study, commissioned by the Connected Commerce Council (3C), also found that digitally…

‘Congressional Champion’ embraces digital tools
STEUBENVILLE — Whether it’s the Labor Day holiday or any time of year, small businesses might be inclined to use digital tools to communicate with customers, collaborate internally or work with other businesses...

Small Online Publishers Defend Google And Publishing Platforms
Small online publishers came to the defense of Google and other publishing platforms as Congress considers...

Small Business Owners Concerned by Congressional Antitrust Investigation
Digitally powered small businesses registered their concerns related to the Congressional anticompetitive investigation...
