Oct 29, 2025 | Featured, Tariffs
Like many ideas that take off on “Shark Tank,” Silverman and Kinoshita promised to scale quickly and keep costs low by producing in China, where their $399 Plufls could be made for $140. By 2023, Plufl had logged $1 million in sales. Heading into...
Sep 10, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, SMB, Tariffs
The report found that small businesses’ payments to hiring firms fell for the third straight month in July, according to Bank of America’s proprietary small business data. The firm’s data showed that hiring was down 6.7% year-over-year on a...
Sep 3, 2025 | Featured, SMB, Tariffs, US Economy
For nearly a century, the “de minimis” trade exemption let people skip import fees for shipping small stuff. But after the U.S. raised its limit to $800, that small stuff became big business, driven by online shopping. “We’re talking about 4...
Jul 7, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, SMB, Tariffs
Wednesday, July 9, is supposed to be the day tariffs are reimposed after a 90-day pause. Trading partners have started getting letters from the White House — including Japan and South Korea, where a new 25% tariff on goods from those countries will begin...
