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Foxtrot Market is making it easy for you to shop local and they’re recognizing small businesses with The Up & Comers Small Makers Awards.   MORE: FoxtrotCo.com

Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks to accept their applications

Two 12-year-old brothers from Connecticut have created a solution to a common Christmas problem – falling ornaments. Ayaan and Mika’il Naqvi joined LX News to talk about their invention of the “ornament anchor” and how their small business is helping homeless pets.

The past year has taken a massive toll on small businesses across the country, but some can start preparing for a better 2021. The CEO of Disaster Recovery Institute International, Chloe Demrovsky, joined LX News to explain what businesses should expect in 2021 and how they can start preparing now.

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

When the swine flu pandemic hit the world in 2009, designer Irina Blok took her idea for fun face masks onto ‘Shark Tank.’ But in what may be the biggest face-palm moment in the show’s history, the ’Sharks’ nearly laughed her out of the room. We talked to Blok about the experience and saw how one of the investors is...

The coronavirus pandemic has been incredibly damaging for the restaurant industry in the United States: The National Restaurant Association estimates that at least 17% of the country’s food service establishments have already shuttered, with 10,000 restaurants having closed their doors in just the past three months.

At sixteen years old, the Brooklyn teenager became the youngest owner of a Black beauty supply store in the country, and her initial tweet about her store, Paris Beauty Supplyz, has gained nearly 140 thousand likes – and co-signs from big celebrities like Bella Hadid and Janet Jackson.

Brooklyn teen Paris McKenzie grew tired of going into beauty supply stores and either being treated like she wasn’t welcome or greeted by workers who had no knowledge of Black hair care. So, she opened up her own inclusive beauty supply store at the age of just 16 years old, drawing praise from big celebrities like Bella Hadid and Janet...

The North Texas economy has taken a hard hit from COVID-19. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson wants his city to lead the way back and NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports he launched a new task force on small business creation.

With many small businesses struggling to hold on during the coronavirus pandemic, Issa Rae believes now is the time to support independent stores more than ever.

Denise Manoy, owner of Indigo 1745 in Bishop Arts, said this year’s Small Business Saturday is more important than any she has ever experienced. In a year full of economic challenges, Manoy said her business needs customer traffic. She talked with NBC 5 Today’s Laura Harris about this year and how she hopes people will remember the local businesses that…

In late October, NYC’s most iconic bookstore posted a plea online for people to save The Strand. Book lovers listened. Owner Nancy Bass Wyden joined LX News to talk about the choices she has had to make during the pandemic to save the 93-year-old business.

Black Friday is the nation’s biggest shopping day and its impact on the environment is equally huge. But it’s possible to take advantage of those giant Black Friday sales while keeping your environmental impact low. Here are three tips to make your discount shopping more environmentally-friendly.

A customer left a $3,000 tip for a single beer as a Cleveland restaurant voluntarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has business owners feeling more upbeat despite the number of cases. The virus is continuing to spread in many parts of the United States. Owners hope consumers and businesses will be more relaxed about spending now that drug companies Pfizer and Moderna have vaccines that data show were highly effective in testing.

Big tech is now small business focused as they try to help smaller retailers survive past the pandemic. Holiday shoppers now have the option to shop at regional small businesses through their “Support Small” page. Facebook, meanwhile, launched a #BuyBlackFriday campaign to encourage more commerce at Black owned businesses.

The company SoapBox has donated just under 20 million bars of soap to people in need in the U.S. and around the world through its program of donating a bar of soap for every product it sells. CEO David Simnick joined LX News to explain that the company is not only improving health care and hygiene, but that by finding...

When Linda and Billy Hutchinson were forced to shut down their Seattle “junk boutique” due to COVID-19, they got creative — really creative. Linda started started making elaborate costumes for taxidermied ducklings to sell on Etsy. She’s now sold thousands to people with a taste for the bizarre. And her next project is even weirder.

After Heather Roberts went through a medical crisis, she decided to help other struggling moms through the sale of her aromatherapy bath bombs. Heather joined LX News to share how she built her company Mom Bomb, which donates 100% of its proceeds to providing services to mothers in need.