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Friday, March 24, 2023
Globalization Is Working Better
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Taking a Family Business to a New Level
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The story of Perfect Plants Nursery shows how even a decades-old, family-owned business in a historically wholesale niche can pull off a digital transformation and scale quickly.
Discover how they became a fast-growth e-commerce success story.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Supply Chain Costs to Normalize in 2023
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This year Skechers expects supply chain costs to normalize as shipping prices come down, developments that will ease margin pressure and propel the brand to its goal of $10 billion in annual sales by 2026, the company’s CFO John Vandemore said at the UBS Consumer and Retail Conference on Wednesday.
“You saw 40-foot-high cube container rates go from an average of about $3,000 to $25,000. So for an average pair of shoes that took the landed embedded freight cost from something between 25 and 50 cents to $2 and $2.50,” he [Vandemore] said. “Last year quite frankly wasn’t my proudest year from a gross margin perspective, but I do believe you know a lot of those exogenous factors are beginning to abate which should lead to improvement later on.”
Read more here.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Remote Work Is Here to Stay
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- Take your global remote workforce from policy to practice.
- What's the magic number for working in-office weekly?
- The global talent pool is open for business.
- Quote of the week: "People are more productive working at home than people would have expected. Some people thought that everything was just going to fall apart, and it hasn’t." – Mark Zuckerberg
- Oh really. The king of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, says engineers who joined Meta in-person perform better than those who joined remotely. Check out his above quote.
- What are the global workplace trends in 2023?
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Keep Breathing
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Friday, March 17, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
True Global Leadership: The Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership®
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Globalization Is a Fact
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With growing concerns that globalization is in retreat amid rising geopolitical tensions, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an audience of policymakers, business leaders, and academics at the 2023 SIEPR Economic Summit that there’s no turning back on the interdependence of world economies.
Globalization is facing headwinds Rice said. The strongest, she said, are coming from China where government leaders have failed to meet international expectations of liberalizing the country’s economy.
Read on for her remarks.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Go Broad, Go Deep, and Go Global
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We state it as: Go Broad, Go Deep, and Go Global

Monday, March 13, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: Keep the Bicycle Moving Because Trade Is Still Contributing to Recovery and Growth
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- No doubt it’s a tough time for global trade, battered by supply chain issues and geopolitical concerns. But there’s a useful metaphor to help navigate our way through these challenges: Keep the bicycle moving.
- Expand into foreign markets and increase e-commerce sales.
- Is English the true language of startups?
- Quote of the week: "You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes" – Marc Russell Benioff
- The importance of cross-cultural communication in global business.
- Discover why creativity is a big driver to global business success.
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Seeing What Is Invisible to Others
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Friday, March 10, 2023
Intentionality Is Important For Artists and Collectors In Going Global
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Read more: Black Women Gallerists on Growth and Going Global
Thursday, March 09, 2023
The Day After: International Women's Day 2023
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Join wegg® on their next two programs: wegginar® and The Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Global Exemplary Leadership®.
wegg's lights are always on. Offering a bright path forward for women yearning to take their business global.
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
The World Is Your Market For Talent
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Here are a few reasons why there has never been a better time to build a global workforce.
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Direct Impact by FedEX on Small Businesses
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the foundation of the global economy, representing about 90% of all business and employing half of the world’s workforce, according to the World Bank. FedEx is committed to helping these vital companies succeed and grow.
Read the Global Economic Impact Report 2022 – Measuring the FedEx Effect
Monday, March 06, 2023
Today in Global Small Business: 6 Global Business Trends to Watch in 2023
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- According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, here are 6 global business trends to watch in 2023. Also watch Laurel Delaney's Global Trade Trends Report 2023.
- Watch out Shopify. Here comes Global-e Online.
- FX: Thinking outside the dollar.
- Quote of the week: "Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going." – John Naisbitt
- Try this on Friday – to make your weekend sing.
- Building resilience in a poly crisis world.
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Bright Ideas Closer Together
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Friday, March 03, 2023
The Way of the Future Is Through AI
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Thursday, March 02, 2023
Americans Know the Best Way to Learn About Wine Is To Drink It
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French wine and spirit exports rose 11% last year to hit a new record, mainly boosted by a rise in prices, and the trend should last this year as Chinese consumers return to restaurants and resume travel, industry group FEVS said.
Exports to the United States, France's largest market for wine and spirits, jumped 14% last year to 4.7 billion euros and now accounted for over a fourth of total exports in value.
Americans know the best way to learn about wine is to drink it.
I'll drink to that. Cheers.
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
Get Out of Your Own Backyard: Explore a New Market
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- Market diversification tool
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA) tariff tool
- Customs Info Tariff Database
- Foreign Retaliatory Tariffs
- Global Market Finder (Census)
Take a deep breath. One step at a time.
Start with the Market diversification tool which can help you identify potential new export markets using your current trade patterns; enter the products you export and the markets you currently export to, and the tool uses an algorithm with data from 11 indicators to score and rank potential markets. Cool.
And then work your way through the rest of the resources. Knock 'em down. You'll be global in no time at all.