Small Business

As the U.S. economy undergoes an uneven recovery from the virus pandemic, many small business owners face a tough decision on whether and when to take on employees.

As more people spend time at home and invest in fuzzy friends amid the pandemic, the pet industry ballooned to $100 billion just last year with sales up 9% year over year. However, the profits have disproportionately favored digital retailers, leaving brick-and-mortar pet shops in a rough patch.  

President Biden says his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will lift many low-wage workers out of poverty, but some businesses and economists warn it could cost jobs as the U.S. recovers from pandemic layoffs.

An organization for veterans partnered with an online coaching platform that allows vets who are now fitness trainers to connect to clients virtually: to monetize their coaching platform during this unstable economic time.

Shopify blocked a small business owner from selling a "Free Kyle" shirt on the ecommerce platform referring to Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois teen accused of killing two people during unrest in Kenosha, Wis.

Amanda George and Lalka Morales have been building SoHo Hound, their pet sitting and dog walking business in Tampa since 2013.

The teacher who created the recycled wool mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration — engendering countless memes — is partnering with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to create a whole mitten line to meet soaring demand, with some of the proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Vermont.

Despite New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promising plans to safely reopen indoor dining, Brooklyn Chop House owner Stratis Morfogen clamed the Democrat's coronavirus restrictions are “politically connected.”

A historic British pub in the center of Oxford that has served students, scholars and literary greats for over 450 years is to shut down, a cultural casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

California restaurant owner Angela Marsden argued on Wednesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom must be “held accountable” for his “reckless decisions" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A New York restaurant owner is speaking out against the proposed federal minimum wage hike, which he believes could harm small businesses trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.