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Halloween Expected To Bring Small Businesses Happiness

Don't love Halloween?  For a number of reasons, you should.  And as a small business owner, you may be especially happy to hear that a new report indicates consumer spending on the holiday is expected to be impressive this year.

NFIB, NRF Support Bailout

Following the rejection of the proposed $700 billion bailout bill, some supporters promised that they'd have another version ready as soon as possible.  And for whatever it's worth, the National Federation of Independent Business and National Retail Federation hope that something gets passed soon.

NRF Backs Senate Version Of Tax Bill

Small businesses will be able to look forward to help lasting through 2009, and not just the end of this year, if the National Retail Federation gets its way.  The NRF is supporting the Senate (as opposed to the House) version of a tax bill.

New Trend Optimizes Supply Lines

A full stockroom is only good insofar as you're able to actually move all of the products to the sales floor.  Businesses may be focusing on this fact as a new report indicates that retail container traffic is dropping this year.

NRF Representative Talks To Congress

If you're concerned that lawmakers aren't aware of small business owners' problems, here's a comforting fact: National Retail Federation Vice President and Tax Counsel Rachelle Bernstein spoke to the House Small Business Committee yesterday.

Back-To-School Should Bring Out Rebate Checks

An old episode of "The Simpsons" showed the family doing a little back-to-school shopping.  Bart quickly filled a cart with paperclips, rubber bands, and a couple of staplers while trying to convince his mom that those troublemaking tools were all he needed.  Now it's time to convince parents that your products are necessities.

Retailers Saw Sales Bumps In June

June turned out not to be too bad a month for retailers, according to the National Retail Federation.  Compared to amounts exchanged during previous periods, spending didn't go down in so much as a single category the trade association named in a new release.

Gas Prices Could Interfere With Fourth Of July Spending

The Fourth of July is fast approaching, and businesses wanting to profit off it should prepare themselves.  The holiday looks to be another round of consumers weighing fun against current gas prices.