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Google’s Consumer Trends For The Holidays

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While Thanksgiving foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores is heaviest in the evening, 59 percent of retail mobile searches happen before stores open and peak at 8 p.m. Regionally, New England shoppers stand out in the U.S. New Hampshire stands out in particular as having the highest number of searches for product-related deals.

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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK?

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The study evaluates the merchants and service providers that are most typically found in urban and suburban areas: eating establishments, professional and personal services, construction, remodeling and repair services, fitness, and a wide variety of retailers. The typical store front employs a little more than 9 people per location.

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Vermont: Daring To Be Different, To The Surprise Of No One

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Despite being nearly geographically identical to its neighbor to the east , New Hampshire, Vermont is very much its own place. As anyone who has ever ventured to Vermont can affirm, it’s a very particular place for some very particular people. By The Store Front Numbers . So, the outperformance is a bit of scant consolation.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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PetSmart Continues Brick-And-Mortar Expansion With More Store Openings

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Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. 1, 2017, with new locations spanning the United States and Canada. New store openings in Canada can be found in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. Proponents note that, between Doña Ana County itself and the nearby El Paso region and Juarez, the region could more than satisfy the eCommerce giant’s stated requirements. In the U.S. Will people get the day off for “CLTisPrime Day?”

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Massachusetts: Frozen Growth In The Frozen North

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New Englanders are known nationwide for several things: a stoic disposition, a fondness for chowders, a congenital love of wool and a weird horror at the letter “r.” The vagaries of the New England economy show up, encapsulated, in Massachusetts. The overall region was up 2.3 By The Store Front Numbers.