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By Stan Linhorst syracuse.com WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Entrepreneur Janet Lutz owns a store for crafters. She says dealing with the Coronavirus has been, by far, the biggest challenge she’s ever experienced as a retailer. Lutz says keeping...
By Joyce Gannon Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) From crowdfunding to community funds to non-profit organizations, many small business owners turned to alternative sources of funding while waiting to hear back from the government....
By Tess Sangster The San Diego Union-Tribune WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Economic development director Tess Sangster introduces us to “a cluster of women business owners who are trailblazing their way to success.” San Diego As the...
By Meera Vankipuram Mint, New Delhi WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Dr. Meena Ganesh, CEO of Portea Medical, shares how her company is pivoting to meet the rapidly changing demands of responding to the COVID-19 global health crisis. BENGALURU The...
By John Ewoldt Star Tribune WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) As one boutique owner put it, “We’re working five times harder for one-fifth of the sales we had before March.” Star Tribune Patina gift shops around the Twin Cities experienced record...
By Laurence Darmiento Los Angeles Times WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) As Laurence Darmiento reports, “for workers especially vulnerable to complications from COVID-19, a return to work can feel like a death sentence. That’s not a small...
By Sarah Foster Bankrate.com WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The survey reveals just 1 in 3 adults (specifically 35 percent) say it’d take less than a month before they’d feel comfortable visiting local businesses if they were to open up...