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Five Fast Facts On The SMB Scene As 2020 Turns Into 2021

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Main Street SMBs across the board are fairly optimistic about the return to normal in the economy – largely premised, it seems, on the recent news of vaccine development. Firms that PYMNTS surveyed in November expected to be back to normal in about 8-1/2 months (July 2021). SMBs Are Highly Aware of the Vaccine News.

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Nestle, HelloFresh Give Meal Kits Second Wind In Stay-at-Home Economy

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With restaurant dining rooms closed and Americans forced to rely on their own abilities as home chefs over the last eight months, meal kits have caught a second wind in the pandemic economy. Grocery retailers and restaurants hit hard by the pandemic have also looked to meal kits as a potential business to pursue during the shutdowns.

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COVID-19 Shutdowns Re-Emerge, But Consumers Are Ready To Stay Home Anyway 

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2, but there is already talk among members of Johnson’s cabinet that it could extend into 2021 depending on case counts. Concerns are growing that given the international surge in cases, shutdowns starting up in the U.K. They’re not expecting to go back to anything like their pre-pandemic lives until sometime autumn 2021.

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Wells Fargo On What It Will Take To Revive The SMB Economy

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Small- and medium-sized businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic, but most are scrambling into digital pivots to blunt the impact of physical stores’ shutdowns, Colleen Taylor , executive vice president and head of merchant services at Wells Fargo , told Karen Webster during a recent conversation. economy will make it through.

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China Extends Economic Stimulus Measures For Small And Micro-Businesses

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China’s State Council announced late Tuesday that small and micro-sized businesses can defer loan payments past first quarter 2021 as needed, according to CNBC. Certain banks catering to small businesses will also continue to receive government support in the wake of a massive shutdown earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vaccine May Spark Inflation Jump As Consumers Spend More

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That means economic activity for months post-vaccine will be compared with months that fell during the depths of the COVID-19-related shutdowns beginning in March 2021. Inflation is reported monthly as a year-over-year percentage change. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases reported in 2019 that only about half of U.S.

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Department Stores Adapt to Difficult Season, Count On Revenge Shopping

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Shipping delays are threatening the digital-first economy. And just weeks after they could open for limited business, malls and department stores are threatened with another nonessential retail shutdown as the virus surge rages on. Pent-up demand is one of the most influential factors for the economy in this pandemic.