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How To Choose The Best Location For Your Business

Retail Minded

Choosing the right location for your company is essential since it will have a direct impact on your business success. The right location will boost your visibility, improve accessibility, and connect you with your target audience. So, choosing the wrong location will restrict your options and cost you money.

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Retail Logistics: Boosting Efficiency and Productivity

Retail TouchPoints

Their critical shortcoming is the lack of valuable metadata, including data collected from barcode scans, pedometer readings, timing and location. This process often consumes a substantial amount of labor, time and cost, accounting for 50%-75% of total operating expenses in a typical retail store.

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Costco, Nordstrom And Abercrombie Results Showcase Retail Fortunes Across Three Verticals

Retail TouchPoints

Nordstrom, like many other department stores, had a much weaker quarter: overall sales fell 40% , with full-price locations dropping 36% and the off-price division declining 45%. of its locations and plans to have all stores operational again by the end of June. Abercrombie has a similarly positive outlook despite its troubles.

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Deadline Nearing to Apply for EIDL Loans Due to California Cache Fire

Small Biz Trends

“Economic Injury Disaster Loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that cannot be paid because of the disaster’s impact. To be eligible businesses need to be located in declared disaster areas and must have sustained economic injury.

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EIDL Loans Available to Small Businesses in 6 States Due to Drought

Small Biz Trends

Small nonfarm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and small businesses engaged in aquaculture may qualify for EIDL loans of up to $2 million to help meet financial obligations and operating expenses that could have been met had the disaster not occurred. Businesses can also download applications at [link].

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More Than $10 Million in Pandemic Recovery Grants Available in Select U.S. Cities

Small Biz Trends

Each business can apply for between $5,000 and $45,000 to cover various operating expenses like rent and payroll. The match may be in the form of cash, investment accounts, recently completed investments or pandemic-related lost revenue. Five businesses in each location may receive awards.

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SBA Asking for Input on COVID Grants and Loans for Small Business

Small Biz Trends

SBA Express Bridge Loans offered small businesses affected by Covid-19 to get up to $25,000 to cover operational expenses. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program offers over $16 billion in grants to shuttered venues, to be administered by SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance.