Other People’s Recycled News | Aug 31 – Sept 6

Back-to-school spending to remain stable: Study

Canadian retailers may have some reason to breathe a sigh of relief this fall, according to a study that suggests parents are not planning to scrimp on back-to-school spending.
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Retail Sales Up One Percent in June, reports Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada reported today that retail sales in current dollars increased 1 percent in June to $34.4 billion. Retail sales have risen in five of the last six months, following large drops at the end of 2008.

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10 Awesome Online Tools Your Small Business Should Be Using

As a small business, we leverage online tools to help us run our business efficiently and inexpensively. We are selective – we do our homework and always compare competitive products within any category. Before we make any decision, we typically look at the top two or three finalists and thoroughly evaluate them before deciding what to use.

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The Message is the Money

Ask any successful business owner – little strategies make a big difference in tough times. One way to balance the need to keep and attract new clients without depleting your marketing budget is to fine-tune your approach to one important but very low-cost strategy: an e-mail marketing campaign.

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20 Tips to Save Time & Money in Your Small Business and at Home
These are difficult times and every small business (and large ones) needs to find ways to save money and time without delivering less value to their customers.  Service to customers must be maintained, and product or service value is the key to continued business.  So what can you do?

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Do Small Business Owners Have More Job Security and Personal Time?

So small business owners feel their jobs are more secure and they have more flexibility, independence and personal time.  Sounds pretty good – if you make it.

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