Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Shoppers spent more than expected in September, but gas stations accounted for about 71% of the increase. Here is how to read the report, and why the NRF’s $1 trillion holiday forecast comes with a price-tag asterisk.
Nvidia, already an $800 million backer, is weighing a deeper stake, a takeover or an acqui-hire of the U.S. open-model startup Reflection AI, according to the Financial Times.
In tests on 2,000 real transactions, the best general AI models categorized only about 80% correctly, no better than a human seeing the books for the first time. The study comes from a vendor with its own product to sell.
Waymo has closed a $5 billion term loan led by PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street, its first debt deal, to speed robotaxi expansion in the U.S. and abroad.
A new SBE Council survey finds 81% of small business owners are meeting their 2026 goals, but worries about inflation, energy costs and recession have climbed since February.
U.S. online sales hit $9.86 billion during Amazon’s Oct. 6–7 sale, up 8.5%, but the average order was under $50 and fewer shoppers bought holiday gifts.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. These basics from the FTC and CISA — updates, backups, MFA, strong passwords and a response plan — are a solid starting point for any small business.
Fewer small business owners tried to hire in September, and the smallest firms shed a few thousand jobs, even as their sales rose, new NFIB and QuickBooks data show.
Small business sales rose 2.2% from a year earlier in September, according to the Fiserv Small Business Index, but transactions fell 2% as shoppers paid more per purchase.
Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 28, 2026. Here's a practical timeline for independent shops to line up marketing, hours and online listings before the holiday rush.
The Federal Reserve’s annual Small Business Credit Survey takes about 10 to 12 minutes and is open to for-profit firms with fewer than 500 employees. Here’s why it’s worth your time.
More people are looking for seasonal work this year, but retailers are holding back. Announcements are down 23% from last year, and one forecast calls for the fewest holiday retail hires since 2008.