How to Prepare Your Business for Christmas?

Posted by Maya Pillai

With just under five weeks until Christmas, time is running out for small and medium businesses to get themselves ready for the biggest festival shopping event of the year. It’s been a tough year for all businesses with global economic slowdown and it’s going to be harder than ever for the businesses to rake in a good business in Christmas … Continue reading


Small Business Checklist to end 2011 on the right note

Posted by Maya Pillai

With less than a month for the New Year, small to medium businesses (SMBs) are busy catering to the holiday shoppers. However, they should not forget to make a checklist to end 2011on the right note! SMBs should take some time off to retrospect how their business has been doing for the last one year and also look into the … Continue reading


Small Business Saturday – help local businesses reap big profits

Posted by Maya Pillai

“We have to work diligently to compete with the big box stores and the malls. All we ask is that the holiday shoppers not leave us out. It’s a chance for neighbors to support neighbors,” – Mary Ardapple, owner of Apple’s Bakery, Knoxville Ave, Peoria. Small Business Saturday is a national movement that was launched by American Express in the … Continue reading