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The Secret Sauce to Beating Your Competition with Reviews
It’s been reported that for every star a business gets, it will see an increase of approximately 5-9% in business revenue. So if an increase like that sounds good to you, start paying attention to those reviews. What would be the benefit of a 5-9% increase in your...
89% Percent of Women, 79% of Men Will Shop In-Store This Year, Study Says
The news about the “Retail Apocalypse” is not encouraging, but Fundera has released a new infographic that should give retailers hope. Titled “Retail’s Not Dead,” the report on which the infographic is based says 89 percent of women and 79 percent of men intend to...
Why Pawn Shops Need Technology
The success of a pawnshop is reliant on many factors. In today’s world, countless technologies exist that help improve exposure and traffic, encourage professional education, utilize e-sales channels and, above all, empower pawnshop owners to achieve what they set out...
Simple Holiday Ideas to Increase Foot Traffic
Sometimes the best way to draw shoppers in can be with the simplest events or decorations. Your holiday ideas don’t have to cost a lot of money to build store traffic. Here are a few ideas to gain a little extra foot traffic
Fake Gold
To the right is a gold chain that GEIB received in with a melt lot. We noticed the chain, along with a few other pieces but something about this piece in particular just didn’t add up to being "RIGHT", so we went a little further on this rope chain. For the record, we...
10 Steps to Start an IRA for Small Business Owners and the Self-Employed
An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a savings account, which is designed to help individuals save for their retirement. IRAs are popular as they enable an individual to save for retirement with tax-free growth or on a tax-deferred basis. There are two different...
Attracting Gen Z Shoppers Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: 7 Tips You Should Know
I’ve written quite a bit on Small Business Trends about Generation Z, including the best ways to market to Gen Z shoppers, the one thing Generation Z really wants and six ways to get Generation Z into your store. But with the holiday shopping season in full swing,...
5 Tips for Planning Your Upcoming Year
As year-end approaches, business owners often get pulled in many directions. In the retail sector, this is when sales typically peak. This finds many business owners working more hours in their shops while spending the little free time remaining readying for the...
The Importance of Cybersecurity in Your Small Business
Cybersecurity is a major concern for today’s small businesses. But that doesn’t mean that all small businesses have to approach cybersecurity in the same way. Small Business Trends caught up with Michael Kaisser of the National Cyber Security Alliance at Nasdaq...
10 Myths About Moving Your Business to the Cloud
When you first propose moving your small business to the cloud, you’re likely to get some pushback. A small part of this resistance is the opposition change always brings. People like the status quo more often than not and do not want to shift their way of working....
SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS
Given the rarity and value of diamonds, it’s not surprising that some would seek ways to replicate their beauty. In recent years, laboratory-grown or synthetic diamonds have become more common, more advanced, and harder to detect.
Diamond Color Actually Means Lack of Color
The diamond color evaluation of most gem-quality diamonds is based on the absence of color. A chemically pure and structurally perfect diamond has no hue, like a drop of pure water, and consequently, a higher value. GIA’s D-to-Z diamond color-grading system measures...
97% of Customers Read Online Reviews, Survey Says
Would you reconsider your attitude on consumer reviews if 97 percent of customers said they had read reviews for local businesses in 2017? Well, that is one of the findings of BrightLocal’s 2017 Local Consumer Review Survey. For small businesses, the gain or loss of...
Gold recovers lost ground as dollar steadies, stocks
Gold recouped some of the previous session's hefty losses on Monday as the U.S. dollar steadied and uncertainty over a U.S. tax reform plan stoked risk aversion, pulling equities from their recent record highs. Prices remained stuck in a narrow range, however, as...
Data Age Business Systems Helps Pawn Shops Gear Up for Record-Breaking Holiday Sales as Users Reach $10 Million in eCommerce Sales
Data Age Business Systems, the developers of PawnMaster software, continues to bring Pawnbrokers cutting edge eCommerce technology in an increasingly competitive used goods retail space. Their eCommerce capabilities have products flying off the shelves with a seamless...
10 Tips for Standing Out From Competitors in Business
There’s no one right way to stand out in business. It takes creativity and innovation. The methods vary but the goal is the same — to distinguish yourself and beat out the competition. Members of the online small business community have plenty of insights into what...
Why You Need to Be Advertising on Amazon
E-commerce is as important for product discovery as it is for purchase Think about your most recent shopping experience. If you’re like most consumers, you probably did most of your research online. You may have checked out product specs, read some online reviews and...
May the Spirit of Halloween “Bewitch” You
Well the witching hour is once again upon us, and the year is starting to come to a fast end. Over the years, we have drove the point home about company and business culture. When you have a company that eats, drinks, and sleeps the company culture, it becomes...