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More Than Half Of Small Retail Businesses Might Close Down By The Fall
https://www.essence.com/ ^ | AUGUST 18, 2022 | BY JASMINE BROWLEY

Posted on 08/22/2022 7:45:26 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Every industry is being impacted by inflated costs, but retailers seem to be getting it the worst.

Retail Dive recently reported that according to recent report findings by Alignable, a referral network for small business owners, the industry is poised to lose more than half of their companies.

Per the findings, nearly half of small business owners, including 59% of retailers, shared they’re at risk of shutting down before winter, a jump from 12% from the 35% that said the same a year ago.

It looks even more troubling for minority-owned businesses (52% could be shuttered by fall) and women-owned businesses (53%). It looks like those in certain parts of the country are more susceptible to financial struggle. Small retailers in Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, California, Illinois, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Georgia, are at significant risk.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; depression; economic; retail
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To: RomanSoldier19

Want to make a small fortune?

Start with a large fortune and open a restaurant.


21 posted on 08/22/2022 8:12:53 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: Bob434
Many have not fully recovered from the lock downs, this we know all to well. Add in the constant media conflicting statements on covid hype still happening. Inflation concerns etc. It's a recipe for people to draw back from spending.
22 posted on 08/22/2022 8:13:06 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: RomanSoldier19

That’s the idea isn’t it.....to force people to be as dependent on the federal government as humanly possible?

Easier to control that way.


23 posted on 08/22/2022 8:13:46 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: RomanSoldier19

They only need to collect halfthe taxes as they once did.
They can simply print the rest.
Especially since every dollar spent nets $1.50.

BTW not a good time to be a honest working poor person with kids. IOW “the little guy”


24 posted on 08/22/2022 8:15:22 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: laplata

The US cavalier attitude toward the value of the Dollar will accelerate the migration away. The world relies on oil and transactions are mostly completed in US dollars. Our monkeying with the worth of the dollar IS causing world prices to increase. If the world abandons the US dollar, we are ultra screwed.


25 posted on 08/22/2022 8:15:52 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: RomanSoldier19

They’re trying to finish off the businesses that managed to survive CCP virus.😡


26 posted on 08/22/2022 8:15:55 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in new Socialist America.)
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To: laplata

The collapse of the USD? have you not looked at currencies this year? The dollar is having a record year and is up again today big! Which currency do you think is going to replace the dollar?


27 posted on 08/22/2022 8:16:45 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: RomanSoldier19

when you go out to eat

do you patronize the chain or the local storefront restaurant?

when you go grocery shopping

do you look for local/generic brands or do you buy the national name brands?

when you watch tv

are you paying for LEFTIST channels that you never watch or have you cut your cable tv?

we have the power

we just have to use it

if we want to disrupt the system

we have to disrupt our lives


28 posted on 08/22/2022 8:18:28 AM PDT by joshua c (where did my tagline go? if you see it please call someone else. i was tired of it.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

and they haven’t even gotten their first heating bill yet...


29 posted on 08/22/2022 8:23:04 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Minorities and Women hit hardest?

The majority of them voted for Brandon to hire 87,000 more IRS agents. Many fledgling businesses can not survive an audit.

30 posted on 08/22/2022 8:26:19 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: rb22982

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31 posted on 08/22/2022 8:35:27 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

You are right.


32 posted on 08/22/2022 8:39:42 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: laplata

“The collapse of the Dollar is most worrisome.”

No, it’s not. The Dollar is easily the best horse in the glue factory.


33 posted on 08/22/2022 8:49:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

We still have potatoes? (semi satire)


34 posted on 08/22/2022 8:53:56 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The opposite was happening under DJT.


35 posted on 08/22/2022 8:56:04 AM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: laplata

The sky is falling crowd have called 33 of the last 2 recessions. Gold and silver are down this year and this guy’s job is tied to gold and silver, hardly unbiased at all. I own some gold and silver - roughly $40k worth - but it’s not going to save you even if their is a collapse (which is very unlikely). Take those collapse articles with a huge grain of salt. Diversification is good - cash, bonds, metal, stocks (VTI), guns, etc.


36 posted on 08/22/2022 8:56:23 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: Chode

I just took a close look at my electric bill (CT).

The cost per kw hour went up by 30% year over year.

10% inflation?

Nope.

That is one more issue for small business.


37 posted on 08/22/2022 8:57:46 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: rb22982

Good points.


38 posted on 08/22/2022 8:58:26 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

We can hope so.


39 posted on 08/22/2022 8:59:05 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: cgbg

100%


40 posted on 08/22/2022 8:59:56 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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