Small businesses

For florists and other small businesses shopping a wholesale flower market, building relationships among vendors is key.

Turns out, the military teaches a lot of the skills that make good entrepreneurs.

Workers' contributions follow trend of wages and inflation, but in a weaker labor market, businesses will have more leeway to reduce spending.

Even though inflation has subsided, interest rates are heading down, and the labor market is loosening up, many business owners say the problems that emerged over the last few years haven’t gone away.

Some effects of cheaper money won't be visible until next year, and smaller, more risk-averse businesses may be slower to respond.

Restaurants near the DNC taking place in downtown Chicago were hoping for a shot in the arm from the event, but some are discouraged.

Optimism has increased, but it's still below a 50-year average, a National Federation of Independent Business survey shows.

The NFIB reports a spike in its uncertainty index, perhaps triggered by thrifty consumers and the upcoming election.

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and small businesses are getting hammered.

Hundreds of vendors were caught off guard when Outfox Hospitality abruptly shut down stores in Illinois, Texas and the Washington, D.C., area.