Cosmetics entrepreneur turns to Alibaba.com for sourcing
The online marketplace helps small businesses find international suppliers, many of whom have been inspected for quality and reliability.
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Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist specializing in transformative technology and innovation
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SMB cloud usage nears 50 percent (survey)
Web hosting and email remain the most popular cloud services among small businesses, but data backup and recovery services are becoming more coveted.
BigCommerce e-commerce service integrates Pinterest
By including pins next to products sold on their site, retailers can help encourage inbound links via the fast-growing social network.
Upstart Flint taps smartphone cameras for mobile payments
By cutting out the need for separate card reader, the startup hopes to make it simpler for small businesses to test mobile transactions.
SMB mobile payment options add up
VeriFone and MasterCard are targeting small businesses with new mobile payment technologies, but there are plenty of start-ups bringing innovation to these solutions.
Mobile-friendly Web sites still an SMB rarity (survey)
Most small businesses believe mobile marketing will factor heavily in business growth over the next five years but few have moved to optimize their Web presence for mobile devices.
Plustek's super-small video recorder for SMB spy cameras
New nDVR540 solution, priced at $329 for up to 320 gigabytes, was designed for easy set-up and management.
Beer distributor avoids delivery hangover with online scheduling
With Appointment-Plus, Crescent Crown Distributing in Arizona has been able to better manage dozens of inbound deliveries daily.
Yahoo! aggregates marketing tasks with new dashboard
Yahoo! Marketing Dashboard includes applications for Web site traffic analysis, following a company's online reputation, and tracking email and SOC campaigns.
Concur updates SMB travel and expense software
The latest edition of Concur Small Business (formerly Breeze) includes better integration with mobile expense management tasks.