Frederickson Partners

Business Strategy

American Express | November 15, 2022

American Express today announced that it has partnered with TikTok to launch the #ShopSmall Accelerator, a new program to help small business owners reach a new generation of shoppers on Small Business Saturday, which is on November 26, 2022, and runs throughout the holiday shopping season. The partnership with TikTok builds on the ongoing support American Express provides small businesses year-round and its goal to drive $100 billion in reported consumer spending at small businesses from 2021 t...

Technology

Budderfly | March 09, 2023

On March 8, 2023, Budderfly, a leading sustainability partner for firms with recurring footprints, announced a major contract with Carrier, a global heating, refrigeration and air conditioning solutions provider. Under the agreement, Budderfly will install thousands of Carrier's most efficient commercial packaged rooftop units in small and medium-sized businesses across the United States, with a particular focus on fast food, quick service, and casual dining restaurants. The move is ex...

Management

PRnewswire | April 28, 2023

Comerica Bank is repurposing idle real estate at select banking centers throughout North Texas to create Comerica CoWorkSpaces™, a new concept that offers complimentary office space exclusively to its small business customers. Through a $3 million investment, nearly 10,000 square feet of existing banking center space across nine Comerica Bank locations will be transformed into unique resource centers where Comerica customers can conduct business. Each CoWorkSpaces site will be equipp...

The U.S. Small Business Administration | May 06, 2020

The SBA has given more than $31 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program to publicly-traded coal mining companies. The mining industry tapped the first, $349 billion installments of the Paycheck Protection Program at a higher rate than other in...