Small Business

November 21, 2016 

Though the opinions were generally consistent, with integrity leading the way, the research revealed differences by age. Workers 55 and older placed more emphasis on fairness than 18 to 34 year olds by a wide margin, whereas the youngest group of ...

November 20, 2016 

The survey found that 21 percent of weekend shoppers plan to shop on Thanksgiving Day, nearly the same as last year’s 22 percent. But Black Friday will remain the busiest day of the holiday weekend with 74 percent planning to shop that day, the same ...

November 16, 2016 

Millennials are now the largest living generation in the U.S.. An acute understanding of the entrepreneurial individuals in this group is growing to be a necessity for accountants and bookkeepers in order to provide services that will meet their needs ...

November 15, 2016 

As consumers use more messaging apps in their personal lives, the study suggests chat is emerging as a primary communication channel for retailers as well.

November 8, 2016 

When the average housing wealth of homeowners in a particular area falls as much as it did during the Great Recession, a chain's entry into franchising could be delayed by roughly four months and its employment growth reduced by 9 percent, say ...

November 7, 2016 

Retailers could see record web traffic this year, according to Deloitte’s 31st annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends. Among the findings from the 2016 study:

October 31, 2016 

Three businesses were recognized this month at Intuit’s QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose, California, and each will receive a $10,000 small business marketing makeover, one free year of Avalara’s sales tax automation service, and a customer ...

October 31, 2016 

America’s 28 million small businesses are especially at risk. According to a report published earlier this year, almost half of cyber-attacks worldwide are against businesses with less than 250 workers. Every time a small business owner connects to ...

October 28, 2016 

Intuit and PayPal expand their partnership to streamline payments in efforts to help small businesses get paid faster.

October 26, 2016 

Intuit Inc. has announced that QuickBooks Self-Employed and ProConnect Tax Online will be fully integrated into QuickBooks Online Accountant, taking the next step in transforming the platform into the one place where everything – bookkeeping, taxes ...

October 25, 2016 

The new partnership will let qualified businesses use their QuickBooks data to get fast approval for a revolving business line of credit from BlueVine between $5,000 and $100,000. Thousands of small businesses have used BlueVine’s Flex Credit since it ...

October 24, 2016 

TrustFile for QuickBooks, a cloud-based system that allows small businesses running QB Online and QB Desktop to import their sales tax data, then automatically prepare and file sales tax returns.