Students from West Side Career and Technology Center’s Business Marketing Program recently participated in the DECA state competition held in Hershey. DECA is a national marketing club for high school students which provides an opportunity to test their business marketing skills in a real world environment. At the annual state conference, 3,000 students from around…
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Who to fire? How the biggest companies plan mass lay-offs
Job cuts are very much on corporate minds. A first round of swinging culls hit the technology sector in November. US companies including Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Amazon followed by laying off nearly 103,000 people in January, the highest monthly total since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the misery is spreading, as executives…
Consumers keep feeling better about today and worse about tomorrow: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 am ET. Subscribe Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, Head of News at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market…
Small Business Digital Alliance Marks One-Year Anniversary
Washington DC, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the Small Business Digital Alliance (SBDA)a co-sponsorship between the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and Business Forward, Inc., celebrates its one-year anniversary. The SBDA provides a comprehensive suite of free digital resources, virtual trainings, and expanded opportunities to help small businesses grow their online presence, reach…
Building marketing and sales capabilities to beat the market
The lean-manufacturing revolution profoundly altered the business world as companies reinvented how they built things to be more efficient and productive. We believe it’s time that companies apply that same level of scrutiny and commitment to marketing and sales. Our research is increasingly clear: companies with better marketing and sales capabilities grow faster. At a…
GC Announces 2023 Business Plan, Striving for Sustainability “Better for You, Better for Our World”
BANGKOK, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, Chief Executive Officer and President of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, or GC, announced the 2023 business plan striving for sustainability from the concept “the Closer, the Better” to respond to all walks of life and progress towards “Better for You, Better for Our World”,…
Small business owners invited to free panel discussion – Port Arthur News
Small business owners are invited to a free panel discussion Published 12:42 am Saturday, March 4, 2023 The LSCPA SBDC is located at 1401 Procter Street. (Monique Batson/The News) A champion of small business development in the region is putting on a free panel discussion next week in Port Arthur. The Small Business Development Center…
Why Meta is slashing prices for its VR headsets
META’s VR headsets are getting a big, but inevitable, price cut because consumers aren’t buying as much as expected. The company today declared It drops the prices of its still-new Meta Quest Pro from $1,499.99 to $999.99, while its Meta Quest 2 drops from $499.99 to $429.99. That’s roughly a 33% drop when MetaQuest Pro…