Although corporate commercials and chain businesses often garner the media and advertising spotlight, small businesses make up about 99.7 percent of all U.S. employer firms, according to the U.S.

The pandemic disrupted the small business sector in many ways. Thousands of firms were required to close or limit business operations, and this produced a surge of over 20 million unemployed workers.

Supply chain management is a technology-driven collaboration between a retailer and its wholesale and manufacturing distribution channel partners. While many facets of managing a supply chain are ...

When we helped Scott Beck, an experienced entrepreneur and the former COO of Blockbuster Video, launch Einstein Bagels 30 years ago, he emphasized that small chains, compared to their larger ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Erdly is a UK-based small business retail expert. 2021 brought rising shipping and oil costs and major supply issues, ...