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This article breaks down five simple ways small businesses can win the holiday season by leaning into what they do best: personal connection, creativity, and smart planning — not just big discounts.

Market data shows 2026 will be a breakout year for service-based local businesses. Here are five high-growth industries set to dominate North America next year.

Strategic, purpose-driven leadership habits practiced consistently are essential to driving long-term business success and shaping a healthy organizational culture.

Leo Cervantes' journey from poverty in Mexico to successful New Jersey restaurateur shows how disciplined habits, resilience and community service can help entrepreneurs build lasting success from nothing.

On this episode of "America's Favorite Mom and Pop Shops®," learn how understanding people — and listening to data — helped this entrepreneur with no professional cooking experience open Poppy's, a thriving café in Brooklyn.

Busyness is easy to measure. Real progress takes focus, discipline and intention.

On this episode of "America's Favorite Mom and Pop Shops®," learn the happy and hoppy secrets of Oakwell Beer Spa's growth.

In Great Falls, Montana, local entrepreneurs banded together to save their town — turning empty streets into a thriving hub of small business and creativity.

From retail's front lines to national TV, Bobby Berk's approach to entrepreneurship is packed with advice for founders who want to build businesses that last.

Making your business official is just the beginning — what you do next determines whether it simply exists or truly thrives.

Why I ditched the "best practices" everyone swears by — and why breaking the rules saved my solo AI startup from failure.

I struggled, broke through and found freedom by building the right community — here's how you can do it too.

Local events bring more than just excitement. They bring increased foot traffic and consumer activity that boosts local economies and the surrounding businesses.

55 Hospitality founders Jenn Saesue and Chat Suansilphong have turned "filling the white space" into a business model.

Elisa Marshall built Maman from a single New York café into a beloved brand that feels like "home away from home."

With this method, you can use ChatGPT to uncover blind spots in your business and find gaps in your sales process that might be costing you money.

Every business is in the hospitality business—because customers don't just remember what you did, they remember how you made them feel.

We all post dutifully, but what actually gets customers commenting? Here, six mom-and-pops share their most successful posts.

My store was my whole identity. It brought me joy, but at the expense of myself.

There's plenty of places you can streamline or personalize your operations without losing that human touch.

These mom-and-pop shops have found that successful promotions are more about creativity and thoughtfulness than having a big marketing budget.