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How grants and tax credits can support the growth—and impact—of your business

What’s the biggest challenge to growing your business? You probably have a long list but we know one barrier trumps them all: finding the capital to move your business forward. We’re Aria Hahn and Brianna Blaney, the co-founders of Pocketed – an intelligent software that helps you find the money you need to grow your …

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How domestic lifestyle brand, Permanent Vacation added international routes.

featIf you have your sights set on international expansion, finding your audience: buyers, partners, collaborators, and more is key to your success. Here’s the Permanent Vacation approach of going global. Are you thinking of expanding your brand to new territories? As someone who’s done it, I wanted to write about my experience and include the …

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Asian Heritage Month: How a Small Business Came to be with Immigrant Values

To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, Nancy, of Freon Collective, reflects on all that her refugee parents have accomplished and the values that they instilled in her as she started her own business.   Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity to learn about and celebrate the achievements and contributions of Asian-Canadians who have made Canada into …

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Pride Month: A Small Business Supporting Huge Self Expression

To celebrate pride month, Dina Baxevanakis discusses the values that drive Shop Velanidi and reflects on her small business journey.   THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIDE During pride month, it’s important that we acknowledge, educate, and spread awareness of the struggles—both past and present—that the LGBTQ2S+ community faces, while also celebrating the beauty and rich history …

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Six Barriers to Selling Internationally – and how to overcome them

LOOKING TO GROW YOUR E-COMMERCE BUSINESS? THEN SELLING INTERNATIONALLY MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU. THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU MAY FACE – AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM. Thanks to the advent of international shipping, it has never been easier for online businesses to open their (digital) store doors to the world. And the good news …

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TikTok’s E-Commerce Venture: What this means for businesses

Since becoming available globally back in 2018, TikTok has gone from strength to strength in the world of social media.  In 2021, it was the most downloaded app not just in the socials category but across the board, with a huge 656 million total downloads. Overall, it has been downloaded more than 3 billion times—the …

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Yellow Goes Green: DHL’s 2050 Emissions Commitment

As a global logistics leader, we aim to connect people and improve their lives – and we believe protecting our planet for future generations is an integral part of that. We’re invested in sustainable logistics solutions for a greener tomorrow. We play an important role in global trade, and therefore the global economy, but our …

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Vetements X DHL: A Lesson in Brand Partnerships

Peanut butter and jelly, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Netflix and chill… There are some brand partnerships that make perfect sense, whilst others are a little more…unexpected – say, a cutting-edge fashion collective drawing design inspiration from a logistics company. In October 2015, when a model wearing a DHL T-shirt was sent down the runway …

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How to Develop a Brand Identity for Your Small Business

Brand identity and development is so important to your small business, here’s what you can do to continue your growth within an oversaturated and fast-paced industry. We can’t deny how quickly almost every industry is moving – the internet, the development of technology and production of goods — have all evolved so fast that it’s …

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