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By Karen Kerrigan –   Each year, Amazon Accelerate provides a window into where e-commerce is headed. The annual small-seller gathering also showcases new tools and capabilities to help strengthen small-seller competitiveness. This year’s event was held in Seattle from September 22-24, and several significant announcements related to AI agents, multichannel-commerce connectivity, and global selling. […]

By Karen Kerrigan – Artificial intelligence is entering another important phase for small businesses. Over the past several years, entrepreneurs have rapidly embraced generative AI to write content, conduct research, create images, analyze data, improve customer service and perform dozens of other tasks. Now, AI is moving from simply helping business owners do the work […]

By Barbara Weltman – Small Business Saturday this year is November 28, the first Saturday after Thanksgiving (November 26). The day follows what’s come to be known as Black Friday. November 30, is Cyber Monday. All in all, small business owners and their teams have a busy extended weekend to plan for. Many small businesses report […]

By Rieva Lesonsky – A report from Gusto by Nich Tremper and Tom Bowen found that small businesses increasingly use AI to build and grow their companies. Almost two-thirds of startups used AI to make their launch easier. Small businesses are using AI to increase productivity and grow revenue. And companies that embraced the technology […]

By Rieva Lesonsky –  Most small business owners know a cyberattack could disrupt their operations. But they may not realize just how expensive that disruption could be. Verizon Business’s 2026 Breach Impact Study (BIS) looked at about 70,000 cyber insurance claims, of which more than half (38,000) were paid to policyholders to cover insurable cyber incidents from January […]

By Barbara Weltman – The National Retail Federation (NRF) says the holiday shopping season runs from November 1 through December 31. Last year, an NRF survey found that 42% of consumers planned to begin holiday shopping before November. Will this year be different? And what will consumers on average spend? Last year, sales were strong, surpassing the prior […]

By Karen Kerrigan – For entrepreneurs and small businesses, valuable technologies eliminate friction. Various digital tools are helping small businesses eliminate steps, and accomplish a task or project more efficiently, in less time, and at lower cost. AI-powered smart glasses are helping small business owners  eliminate operational downtime, automate content creation, and improve workplace accessibility, […]

By Karen Kerrigan – For small business owners, the value of artificial intelligence is moving beyond content generation and answering questions. AI is being integrated into the platforms and tools entrepreneurs already use, helping them make sense of their own business data, to identify opportunities, and make better decisions faster. As I noted in several […]

By Karen Kerrigan – The recently introduced Online Sellers’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026 (H.R. 9799) sounds like legislation small businesses should welcome. Its stated goal is to protect independent sellers from unfair treatment by large online marketplaces. But good intentions do not necessarily produce good policy. In the case of H.R. 9799, the […]