Small businesses are a crucial part of the U.S. economy. Learn how small, local business efforts are having a national impact—and how you can help them.
COVID-19 has hit everyone hard—but especially small businesses. Despite temporary closures and layoffs, however, we’ve seen incredible resiliency from small businesses and new small business trends emerging amongst the pandemic. Here are a few small business trends we’ve observed—and how you can help support other small businesses like yourself during this time.

1 https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/OER_2017_Annual_Report.pdf
2 https://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2019/January/NER/NER-January-2019.aspx
3 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/score-infographic-american-consumers-support-small-businesses-300368069.html
4 Ibid
5 Ibid
6 https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/build/groups/public/@tg_ian/documents/webcontent/tg ian_005538.pdf
7 Ibid
8 http://news.vistaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Vistaprint-Consumer-Survey.pdf
9 https://www.aicpa.org/content/dam/aicpa/interestareas/businessindustryandgovernment/newsandpublications/downloadabledocuments/1q-2019-eos-es.pdf
10 https://www.uschamber.com/sbindex/SBI_2018_Q4.pdf
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