NRF’s Annual Halloween Survey Predicts Sweet, Treat Sales | 2021
Plans to celebrate Halloween are up in 2021, compared with last year and are close to pre-pandemic levels.
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NFIB: Labor Shortage, Supply Chain Disruptions Still Impacting Small Businesses
Almost all (88%) of owners are working longer hours to compensate for the labor shortage.
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index Remains High, So Does Uncertainty | 2020
The uncertainty reading was the highest reading since November 2016.
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Survey: 1,600 Small Business Owners See Hope Beyond the Challenges of 2020
A survey from Quickbooks of current and prospective small business owners on what they expect their future to be like.
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Survey: Few Coronavirus-era Workers Have Returned to Their Pre-virus Workplace
Two-thirds of those surveyed believe they will be back to their spending levels in less than a year
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Small Business Optimism Rebounds in May But Earning Trends Decline (2020)
May survey respondents reported a reduction in employment by 0.17 workers per firm.
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Small Business Optimism Index Drops Most in its History
Small business optimism sinks to record level — in just half a month.
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Halloween Will be a Treat for Small Business Retailers | 2019
172 million people plan to celebrate Halloween in 2019, slightly lower than in 2018.