New data from the RetailNext Retail Performance Pulse September 2017 report shows that physical retails sales continue to slump as the fall moves in. Read more »

According to the BizBuySell Q2 2017 Insight Report, sales of small businesses are on a record pace this year, following the trend set last year. Read more »

According to the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index September 2017 report, small business optimism has dropped as we head into the final quarter. Read more »

A new study reveals the US cities with the fastest economic growth, highlighting spots that could be ripe for small business development. Read more »

For the first time in this year, small businesses lost jobs according to the September 2017 ADP Small Business Report. Franchises however, fared better. Read more »

Thanks to the Small Business Association's State Trade Expansion Program, small businesses in Maine will get help to grow exports. Read more »

Equifax CEO is stepping down as the the fallout from the security breach that exposed the private data of more than 100 million Americans continues. Read more »

Local small businesses should prepare and promote to consumers that are more ready than they've been in a while to shop local. Read more »

What does a brisk back-to-school shopping season -- with it's surge of mobile ecommerce growth -- mean for the retail industry's holiday shopping season? Read more »