Small businesses

Inflation is cooling, but food prices are still much higher than they were a year ago. Bakery products, in particular.

The latest small business index is an example of the disconnect between people’s experience of the economy and their perceptions of it.

Banks may get stingier and more selective with loans, and that could hurt businesses that need them.

Annie Lang-Hartman, owner of Wild Lettie, just signed the lease on a new location, hoping to expand her product offerings.

The Chinese city of Ruili, on the border with Myanmar, has had more lockdowns than almost any other place in China.

Some small firms can't afford not to advertise.

The labor market is still pretty tight, but the smallest businesses are more vulnerable to an economic downturn.

Here's how holiday markets help small businesses and artisans earn up to 50% their annual sales in the last six weeks of the year.

After designing an “Afrocentric” hairpiece for her horse, Chanel Rhodes set about making colorful horse wigs for sale.

Businesses with 500 employees or fewer — often far fewer — account for about 40% of private payroll in this country. A couple of recent surveys show they’re cautious about the future.