Editor's Note: This story is part of the 50 Businesses, 50 Solutions series that aims to highlight how business leaders have adapted to meet the challenges and disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus in the hopes others may be able to replicate these ideas and innovations.
Before the pandemic, between 50 and 100 customers came to the Hannah Grimes Marketplace on Main Street in Keene each day, perusing items made by local artisans.
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Asha Tomlinson on raising a black boy; 2-year air travel complaint backlog : CBC's
Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need.
If you're still waiting for a response to an air travel complaint you filed with the CTA, you're hardly alone. The organization is wrestling with a backlog of complaints accumulated over the past two years. At the same time, thousands of Canadians are demanding the agency help get their money back from flights cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Neighborhoods that saw riots became food deserts overnight - Marketplace
In many neighborhoods that have seen looting and vandalism over the past week, residents are now left with few — if any — grocery stores, pharmacies and other essential businesses. Which is made even harder by the fact that lots of stores are also closed because of the pandemic.
There's a 6-mile long commercial corridor in South Minneapolis called Lake Street, and it has been destroyed.
In Minneapolis and Saint Paul, hundreds of businesses have been damaged or burned to the ground. The same has happened in cities around the country.
Economists expected more job losses. The economy added 2.5 million instead. - Marketplace
No one saw this one coming. Many were expecting 7, maybe 10 million more jobs lost in the May jobs report. Instead, 2½ million jobs were added back, and the unemployment rate actually fell.
Of course, that's after about 22 million jobs were lost in March and April, and unemployment spiked to 14.7 percent, higher than any time since the Great Depression. However, it looks like progress.
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"Beginning of the third week of March, they let us know that just due to COVID-19 we'd be closing the office," he said. Ruffolo got on unemployment, then in mid-May, when Texas started reopening, he was called back.
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MarTech Minute: AppsFlyer partners with Facebook, Acast opens up ad marketplace
In a strategic move to expand its capabilities, the online managed print and content distribution company Mimeo has partnered with Highfive, a video conferencing platform. The combined services provide an environment where teams can easily set-up a video conference while sharing digital materials. Citing the current work-from-home circumstances, Mimeo said it reached out to Highfive to establish a partnership that would, "better support customers who facilitate virtual training."
Facebook Marketplace Delivery . | Chicago, IL Patch
Do you know that Facebook is the leading social medial platform all over the world with billions of users?
For over a decade, Facebook has made it possible for people to interact, share high-quality photos, messages among other digital information all over the world is not only a user-friendly platform but also an affordable one.
Another good news about the advanced Facebook app is that it is a platform where you can sell your high-quality furniture products to a large pool of customers. Facebook Marketplace , the platform has advanced and soon to become the giant digital marketing platform by overtaking all other digital markets.
Trump signs executive order allowing federal agencies to bypass environmental laws - Marketplace
President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order allowing federal agencies to bypass requirements from some environmental laws. The president says this about energizing the economy, but environmentalists disagree.
Nancy Marshall-Genzer : The president says we need to speed up environmental reviews for big infrastructure projects — things like mines, highways and pipelines. He says environmental reviews that are part of laws like the Endangered Species Act are slowing down those projects.
Main Street's Marketplace Opens THIS Morning On Square - Murfreesboro News and Radio
(MURFREESBORO) Summer Fun on the Square soaks-in with the SATURDAY MARKETPLACE from 8:00AM to noon this morning (Saturday, 6/6/2020 through last Saturday in September). Vendors will circle the historic Rutherford County Courthouse and offer farm fresh produce, fruit, plants, herbs, jams-jellies, pickles-relish, soaps, hemp products, baked goods, local honey and more.
Main Street Executive Director Sarah Callender said, "For your protection--special new CDC guidelines will be strictly adhered to. This includes social distancing, wear a mask, no dogs, one-way walking path around courthouse, don't touch products, only use vendor's bags, don't bring children, one person per family is recommended (reduce size of crowd)."
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