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Connected Commerce Council Membership and Services Expand to Europe

WASHINGTON, DC — The Connected Commerce Council (3C) today announced the expansion of its membership, resources, and advocacy efforts to Europe. 3C, a small business membership organization, has grown to more than twelve thousand U.S. members since its founding in 2018 and already has more than 1,000 small business members in Europe.  “The importance of…

Brussels launches an online shopping platform to boost local businesses

The Brussels-Capital Region has launched an online shopping platform aiming to give a boost to local and independently-owned shops...

Europe’s Big Tech Myopia Undermines Small Business Digital Safety Net

COVID-19 is surging again. European health officials are ordering more lockdowns, quarantines and travel restrictions. This is the time when small business owners, facing a financial tsunami of locked-down customers and economic headwinds, should invest in Digital Safety Net tools and services that can help them survive. But in a classic case of bad timing…

Grow with Google

Since 2015, we've helped millions of people find a job, grow their career or business. Now, we are here to help accelerate economic recovery through our technology, tools and training; so that local...

Coronavirus response in relation to mitigation of effects on SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Europe's economy. They represent 99% of all businesses in the EU. They employ around 100 million people...

Digital Safety Net Provides Pandemic Protection for NY Small Businesses

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, much of New York’s small business community remains in disarray. Canceled events and mandatory shutdowns have...

Amazon Prime Day boosts small business shopping, too

Amazon’s annual shopping bonanza known as Prime Day begins Tuesday. Though, not everyone is excited: Campaign groups have urged shoppers to instead spend cash...

First things first: The digital safety net for SMBs post-COVID

85% of SMBs say COVID-19 made them rethink their approach to digital tools. Why it’s important: SMBs that are using digital tools, technology services and have...

How small retailers are doing Amazon Prime Day amid Covid-19 pandemic

Amazon’s annual two-day Prime Day sales event kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 13 after the coronavirus pandemic delayed the event for months. For the more than...

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New Research: 93% of European Small Businesses Use Targeted Ads

Jan. 19, 2022 (BRUSSELS) — As the European Parliament considers proposals to ban targeted advertising, a new survey shows that 93% of European small business leaders have embraced data-driven advertising that enables advertisers to reach recipients based on products and services that interest them, 76% percent called targeted ads valuable and 34% say they are…

Covid-19 Widened Inequalities. Digital Tools Can Close the Gap

As well as its more obvious effects, one of the most noticeable aspects about the global pandemic was that it further widened existing divides. Women, low-income workers, the youngest and the poorest were hit extremely hard.

European Parliament Spares European Small Businesses in DMA Vote

The Connected Commerce Council (3C), a global small business organisation with more than 2,000 digitally empowered European members, applauded today’s European Parliament plenary vote that rejected radical amendments to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and maintained important compromises crafted in the Parliament’s Internal Markets Committee (IMCO). Some MEPs submitted last-minute amendments that would have effectively…