Happy 2023 from the Global Small Business Blog!

©iStock/Machacekcz "Wishing you a new year filled with joy, possibilities, good health, prosperity and a global mindset!...

Franchise Brands Wrap Up 2022 More Global Than Ever

©iStock/Funtap International businesses have learned to adapt and continue to expand into new countries despite nearly 3 years of ...

Map Your Supply Chains!

©iStock/Tinnakorn Jorruang Products can contain numerous parts sourced from across the world and are subject to complex supply cha...

Women Business Owners Have Drastically Changed the World of Business

©iStock/Ridofranz Women entrepreneurs have numerous opportunities to kickstart their businesses in different regions all across th...

Post Christmas: The Sales Will Follow

©iStock/Prostock-Studio With the current economic climate and biting inflation, shoppers worldwide desperately seek the slashed pr...

Today in Global Small Business: Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity in 2023

©iStock/Man As Thep What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Is your organizati...

Honor Christmas In Your Heart

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." – ...

An Electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) Would Save $6.5 Billion in Direct Costs and Enable $40 billion in Global Trade

©iStock/nazarkru Trade finance can be a huge booster to global trade—to make it accessible by ensuring that importers receive thei...

'Tis the Season To Global Travel

©iStock/Nestea06 AAA estimates 112.7 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home from December 23 to January 2...

Global Rock Star Dolly Parton

©2022 Unsplash Look out world!  Now that Dolly Parton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she wants to prove sh...

The One and Only Johnny Mathis For the World to Enjoy – Merry Christmas (Music Video)

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Today in Global Small Business: Why Study Global Business?

©iStock/Matthew Skubis What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Why study globa...

Enjoy Every Idle Hour

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a...

McDonald's Global Menu Restaurant in Chicago

©iStock/Antwon McMullen A former New Yorker's  take on the McDonald's Global Menu Restaurant in Chicago , covering where i...

Calling All Female Founders Based in Africa

©iStock/Ridofranz Are you a female founder or co-founder of a business based in Africa? Do you want your business to reach the n...

Birdwatch Becomes Community Notes and Goes Global

©iStock/Stockfoo Twitter's Community Notes , which was previously known as Birdwatch, is the social media giant’s crowdsource...

Do the Benefits of Globalization Outweigh the Geopolitical Problems It Has Helped Create?

©iStock/Nuthawut Somsuk Economic Counselor and the Director of Research of the IMF Pierre Olivier Gourinchas’ warning from the IMF...

Today in Global Small Business: The Big Opportunity Behind Global Small Businesses

©iStock/Tzido What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The  big opportunity beh...

A Gift of Love

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a...

Putting You in the Mood for the Holidays (Music video)

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Global Small Businesses Are Essential to American Supply Chains

©iStock/ipopba Global small businesses are essential to American supply chains, but they lag in productivity and technology adopti...

Slowing Global Demand and a Strong Dollar Pushed U.S.A. Goods Exports to a Seven-Month Low

©iStock/cbies Slowing global demand and a strong dollar pushed goods exports to a seven-month low, suggesting that trade could be ...

What's Holding Businesses Back on Sustainability? (wegginar® 12/7/22)

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®.  All rights reserved. Devry Boughner Vorwerk is a well-known global C-suite food executive...

Today in Global Small Business: Scaling Up For Global

©iStock/kieferpix What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Scaling up for glob...

Sun Shines In the Hearts of the People

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the p...

Embrace the New Way to Work Globally

©iStock/gorodenkoff Technology has enabled collaboration across borders and time zones, and workers and companies alike are embrac...

Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time

©iStock/jakkapan21 The Rolling Stone (RS) says theme songs are a crucial part of the TV-watching experience. The best ones put you...

Global Trade Surprisingly Strong Despite Recent Shocks

©iStock/oatawa The recent  DHL Trade Growth Atlas , which maps the most important trends and prospects of global trade in goods, i...

Japan Airlines (JAL): Ready for Takeoff Post Pandemic

©iStock/Teka77 When the pandemic hit, the global marketing team at Japan Airlines (JAL) saw its budget disappear overnight.  They ...

Today in Global Small Business: Carbon Neutral Shipping For Ecommerce Merchants

©iStock/Sakorn Sukkasemsakorn What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Carbon-n...

Eat Chocolate

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Stress out and eat chocolate." – Anonymous from The Global Small Busin...

Retailer's Huge Holiday Wish?

©iStock/pialhovik Retailers’ biggest holiday wish is to get rid of all that excess inventory.  As some of the nation’s largest ret...

Happy Thanksgiving 2022 From the Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/irisimages We thank you for your readership since 2004.  Have a day filled with gratitude and beautiful blessings. from ...

Respect For the Individual

©iStock/sanfel One of the basic beliefs upon which Sam Walton founded Walmart is “respect for the individual.”  His strategy was b...

What Drives Globalization?

©iStock/nadia_bormotova The author of "De-globalization – Myth or reality?" sees three forces that drive globalization....

Today in Global Small Business: Gratefulness Edition

©iStock/Olga Beliaeva What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Gratefulness:  a...

Her Angel's Face

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a su...

Taking a Trip Abroad? Get Some Foreign Cash Before You Land

©iStock/Dilok Klaisataporn Taking a trip abroad?  It’s wise to get some foreign cash before landing at your destination. And while...

Globalization's Next Phase is a Rewiring

©iStock/Sofiia Potanina   According to a new report from consulting firm McKinsey, globalization is changing course — that much is...

Has Globalization Impacted the Legal Profession?

©iStock/BCFC How has the globalization of economic activity and the movement of a significant amount of that activity from the tra...

Global Supply Chains Have a New Bottom Line

©iStock/trekandshoot The endless drive to reduce costs by relocating production facilities has resulted in a globalized, verticall...

Today in Global Small Business: TikTok Shop Launched Invite Only In-App Ecommerce Feature

©iStock/Wachiwit What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: In addition to its mo...

Life Is Like a Cocktail

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Life is like a cocktail, made up for the most part of sweet things, and tinge...

Don't Overestimate the Staying Power of the Pandemic’s E-commerce Boom

©iStock/A stockphoto During the pandemic, businesses of all sizes, from mom-and-pop shops to big box retailers, invested heavily i...

Is Bad Customer Service Killing Your Brand?

©iStock/designer491 What steps can companies take to make sure that they have a strong customer support strategy? How does it impa...

Without Internet Connectivity, Global Small Businesses Miss Out

©iStock/metamorworks Digitalization opens new possibilities to connect, engage and share with others, to earn, learn and socialize...

What Would a One-Party America Look Like?

©iStock/Creative_Outlet Paul Krugman has been an Opinion columnist since 2000 for The New York Times and is also a distinguished p...

Today in Global Small Business: How CSR and ESG Can Fuel a Strong Company Culture

©iStock/metamorworks What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: How corporate soc...

The Year's Last, Loveliest Smile

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Autumn ... the year's last, loveliest smile." – William Cullen Bryan...

Globalization's Next Phase

©iStock/coffeekai Globalization is not over. There may be retrenchment in some areas such as critical technologies and reshaping i...

Companies Combating Climate Concerns Benefit With Additional Revenue Growth and Earnings

©iStock/Petmal The EY organization announced the release of the 2022 Sustainable Value Study, a survey of over 500 chief sustainab...

Figuring Out Financing on U.S. Exports

©iStock/monsitj Finally, a guide to help navigate all the options available for collecting money from customers overseas.  Yes!   ...