In 2020, Jamie and Sarah McCauley filmed themselves tearing up, repainting and restoring second-hand furniture. They resold the items, made over $1,000 in profit, and posted the results on YouTube. Within a week, the video received 20,000 views. The McCauleys, who live off a variety of side hustles, sensed an opportunity. They started posting more …
The upsurge in organized retail theft will shutter storefronts and further increase costs for consumers already struggling with high inflation, economists at the Heritage Foundation have said. “If businesses can’t raise their costs to cover the cost of the flight, if they don’t make a profit, then they’re going to shut down,” said Andrew Puzder, …
Shanghai has imposed a new round of business closures and close-contact coronavirus quarantines as China reels from unprecedented protests against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policies and censorship. Confusion over the future of pandemic controls in the world’s most populous country has deepened after protesters took to the streets in at least 18 cities. Police and security …
China on edge as Shanghai closes businesses, quarantines close contacts Read More »
NEW YORK — On a recent evening in early November, shoppers at New York’s Bryant Park Holiday Market were in the holiday spirit long before Black Friday. The smell of pine drifted from the stalls of candle vendors, people bought gingerbread cookies and hot apple cider, and ice skaters swirled around the ice rink in …
Small businesses and buyers return to holiday markets | Finance & Trade Read More »
