eBay Opens Up Schedule for July Seller Conference
eBay opened up its schedule for its eBay Open seller conference being held next month. Attendees can sign up for sessions now, including a “Customer Care Corner” offering account reviews and personalized recommendations for growing their eBay business.
20 Secrets to Saving Emergency Funds for Your Business
It makes shrewd business sense to build an emergency fund, cash put aside for a rainy day. Businesses that fail to have a ‘safety net’, a sum of money kept aside to pay for unexpected expenses, can find themselves in a whole host of trouble. When working on a tight...
Law Would Free Sellers of Out-of-State Sales Tax Mandates
A new bill that is favored by Overstock.com would prevent states from requiring out-of-state sellers to collect sales tax for transactions involving their states’ shoppers. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner introduced the No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017...
Protect Your Customers from Package Theft, Adopt These 5 Strategies (INFOGRAPHIC)
Small businesses beware! Package thieves are on the prowl. Package theft, a common problem around the holiday season, is an issue all year long. Worse yet, a large number of consumers (61 percent) feel online retailers are not doing enough to prevent the nuisance....
7 Ways You Can Grow Your Business By Tracking Your Time
I get asked all the time, what are your reasons to track your time? William Penn once said, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” Not exactly correct English — but you know what’s being said. As a business owner, it’s easy to relate to that statement....
UPS to Charge Merchants Extra for Holiday Shipping
Online sellers who use UPS will pay more for shipping their holiday orders this year. UPS announced a new peak charge for US Residential deliveries and large packages, among other services. In addition, UPS will apply a peak surcharge on specific international air...
Polygamist Cult Leader Lyle Jeffs Went From ‘Steak and Scallops’ to Pawn Shops
Lyle Jeffs wasn’t swept away in the Rapture, after all. But he may be living in the end times. The fugitive former cult leader was arrested Wednesday night, a down and out guy living out of his truck, so desperate for money he risked coming out of hiding to sell his...
Main Street welcomes new pawn shop
Looking for a great deal or just need some quick cash? Pawn it or buy it at Fort Morgan's new Gold and Silver Trading Co. pawn shop. The shop opened last week at 401 Main St. Owner Rob Green, a Fort Morgan resident, purchased that building, the former location of the...
Apply These 25 Tips to Improve Security at Your Small Business
Making sure you online data is safe is only part of what your small business needs to do. Improving security for your business is about combining physical and cybersecurity efforts. Here are 25 tips to improve security at your small business.
64 Percent of Customers Say Facebook Video Influenced Them to Buy (Infographic)
Is Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) video part of your digital marketing strategy? If not, it’s probably the best time to rethink your approach. New data reveals a large number of consumers (64 percent) say watching a marketing video on Facebook has influenced a purchase...
2017 Vegas Outlook: Decent, But Cautious, Buying
First quarter U.S. retail jewelry sales showed a slight increase, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce figures, though most gains appeared to be at the higher and lower ends. Larger U.S. jewelry chains, which generally serve the middle class market, are...
5 Creative Ways to Evaluate Social Media for Offline Businesses
Social Media has become a worldwide phenomenon. The growth in usage statistics is staggering across the numerous platforms that make up this online world. In 2016 alone the number of social media users rose by 176 million bringing the total number of active social...
EBay Paints Itself as Colorful Contrast to Amazon
EBay is going hard after Amazon by showing its true colors. The San Jose, Calif.-based retail marketplace is airing a 60-second spot Sunday to begin a campaign themed "Fill Your Cart With Color," the first work from 72andSunny since eBay named the shop its global...
How These 8 Approaches Can Reduce Your Shipping Cost
Like most entrepreneurs, I’m constantly looking for ways to make my companies run more profitably, and I try to leave no stone unturned. I discovered a few years ago that I hadn’t really paid much attention to shipping costs — both for goods I order in and for...
How 4 Changes in Your Approach Can Stop Employees from Quitting
Nearly two-thirds of employees in the ADP report Evolution of Work 2.0 are looking to change jobs, and even those who aren’t actively looking are open to an offer. But only 21 percent of employers think their employees are open to leaving. What makes employees quit,...
Gold ends at multiweek high after back-to-back advance
Gold prices scored a second-straight session of gains Monday, holding ground at a six-week high as global markets absorbed weekend terrorist attacks in London and investors awaited the outcome of the European Central Bank meeting and U.K. general election later this...
Flush With Cash, Americans Buying More Diamonds Than Ever
With stock prices scaling new highs and robust economic growth, Americans spent a record amount of money buying diamonds last year. Demand in the U.S., which now accounts for more than half of the world’s diamond consumption, rose 4.4 percent to a record $41 billion...
Gold prices hold up well, looking robust
The precious metals prices are also all off slightly this morning, Thursday June 1, with gold and silver prices off 0.2% and with the platinum group metals little changed. This after a general day of strength on Wednesday that saw the complex close up an average of...