the 2-minute drill small business podcast Eric Menau

What you can’t miss today, September 29th:
– Amazon and Target announce biggest sales of the year on October 13-14
– United Health Services suffers huge cyber attack
– Candy makers concerned with slower Halloween season
– Sad milestone: 1 million global deaths by COVID-19

What you can’t miss today, September 24th:
– Nasdaq dropped 3% yesterday and is down almost 10% in September
– Nike digital sales jump 82% during first fiscal quarter
– Walmart will hire 20,000 workers for holiday season
– Study by Citigroup shows that racism cost the US economy $16 trillion

What you can’t miss today, September 22nd:
– 87% of NYC restaurants didn't pay full rent in August
– Coca-Cola enters Hard Seltzer market
– Wall Street concerned about Snowflake selloff possibility
– Foot Locker provides voter registration services at 2,000 stores

What you can’t miss today, September 17th:
– Consumer spending slows down in August
– Data from Yelp shows that almost 164,000 small businesses have closed since the start of the pandemic
– Federal Reserve will maintain basic interest rate at 0% until 2023
– Snowflake has best Tech IPO of the year

What you can’t miss today, September 15th:
– There are 15,000 unrented apartments in Manhattan
– Beyond Meat launches plant-based meatballs at grocery store
– Simon Group will not open malls on Thanksgiving Day
– MGM Resorts will reopen 2 casinos in Vegas as smoke-free properties

What you can’t miss today, September 10th:
– Weekly jobless claims of 884,00 is higher than market expectations
– Job openings increase to 6.6 million in July
– Mortgage applications increase 40% year-over-year
– Home Depot cancels Black Friday to avoid large crowds