The top five most searched businesses people wanna start a clothing business is #1. #2 a brick and mortar retail store, #3 home & yard renovation, #4 online retail, and #5 food and fitness.

Starting July, 2023, Google Analytics will go offline and cease being available as we've known it. What are small businesses to do?

Michigan retailers are faced with a tough choice this year whether or not to forego margins and focus instead on volume of sales leading hopefully to overall business profitability.

Jeff Dupee, CEO and co-founder at clean.io, a digital engagement company focused on preventing fraud. Says clean.io this week will launch coupon detective free software tool that shows e-commerce merchants just how much money they're losing from third party sources and allows them to take action to prevent it.

Unemployment rates are near record lows almost every month. And the reason for that some people think is labor hoarding, which is companies are hanging onto their employees during this tough economic stretch because they believe it will be more profitable for the company in the long run.

There are many rules of thumb that guide product pricing, however, it is a real art today given the pressures from inflation that are in play.

69% of small businesses say they have suffered some kind of breach already, which has bypassed their email security solution according to the 2022 SMB Cyber Security Landscape Report. Taking action to spend more to protect businesses is just another cost factor that is making being a business owner today tough.

Skimpflation, refers to consumers now proactively skimping on services, subscriptions, and purchases they otherwise would've made without issue. Retailers and businesses in general are going to bear the brunt of these cuts.

Ted Valley, co-founder of Midwest House and a Michigan Tech Week Coalition said, "Building a successful tech company can be a great thing for a few people. Building a vibrant tech community can be a game changer for a whole region. Tech Week will be a foundational piece for a growing community that will be open to our entire state."

85% of Gen Z consumers, 86% of millennials, 79% of Gen X and Baby Boomers all are more likely to complete a purchase these days when they have an incentive to do so.