When a pandemic brings countless countries to its knees, how does a small business importer stay alive? By doing anything that brings in sales – from talking to suppliers to sitting and selling outside. Yvette Jenkins’ store, Love Travels Imports, brings in merchandise and provides jobs to women across the world in countries such as […]
If you’re looking to avoid your aunt’s prying questions into your relationship status this year, this report is for you, according to the Apartment List, which publishes an annual “Best Cities for Dating” guide. “It’s no secret that the pandemic and state lockdowns have made dating a challenge this year,” says Apartment List spokesperson Olyvia […]
Detroit’s small businesses are continuing to re-invent themselves at a critical time – the holiday sales season. Although COVID-related restrictions are altering many brick-and-mortar business operations, the city’s entrepreneurs are stepping up and offering consumers lots of holiday shopping options, many of them online. That’s a good thing, according to retail experts at Deloitte, which, […]
You stand surrounded by trees in the chill of the night. The sounds of nature are all around you, accompanied only by your breathing and that of a handful of others standing close by. Suddenly, it happens. An owl breaks through the crisp night, wings stretched as it soars through the darkness, an ocean of […]