online shopping

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

The Insurance Bureau of Canada | October 29, 2020

A group representing Canadian insurance companies has launched a team that will help small businesses find affordable coverage as rates rise during the pandemic, but critics expressed skepticism over the move. The Insurance Bureau of Canada, an association that represents the industry, said Thursday that the team will start its work by focusing on helping the hard-hit hospitality sector in Ontario. The move comes after business owners and politicians raised concerns over increasing instances of ...

MANAGEMENT

Awesome Motive, Inc | January 24, 2023

On January 23, 2023, Awesome Motive, a software and media enterprise with over 21 million websites employing their software, announced the acquisition of Thrive Themes, the company creating powerful small business growth tools for WordPress. Thrive Themes' growth tool suite is used by over 200,000 website owners to quickly build high-converting websites that result in more email subscribers, revenue generation, and satisfied customers. The acquisition of Thrive Themes furthe...

Visa | September 21, 2020

As the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) National Small Business Week begins in the U.S. and businesses worldwide prepare for an unprecedented holiday season, Visa (NYSE: V) is introducing new programs and resources essential to small and micro business (SMB) recovery efforts. The Visa Back to Business Study, Holiday Edition, launched today, finds that consumers will carry their resolve for normalcy into the holiday shopping season, with 88% planning to buy and give gifts despite chall...

PR Newswire | April 15, 2020

Unqork, the leader in enterprise no-code application development technology, today announced a partnership with Deloitte to launch a fully-managed small business lending service to digitize the end-to-end loan life cycle. This solution will enable small business lenders to streamline the distribution of loans to small businesses in need of relief as a result of Covid-19. The service conforms to the requirements of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act which was recently ...