Tag: businesses
Number Of Black Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket By 322 Percent
AFRICANGLOBE - The number of Black women-owned businesses has grown by a whopping 322 percent since 1997. Today, Black women own roughly 14 percent of all businesses in the country owned by women, which tallies to around 1.3 million businesses.
Baltimore Leads Comparable Cities In Black-Owned Businesses
AFRICANGLOBE - In Baltimore, 35 percent of businesses are Black-owned, which is unusual for its size. I looked at the percentage of businesses that are Black-owned for the 20 U.S. cities with populations between 450,000 and 650,000. The data come from the Census’s Survey of Business Owners, which hasn’t been updated since 2007. (Data for 2012 is scheduled to be released later this year.)
3 Super Easy Ways To Support Black-Owned Businesses
AFRICANGLOBE - There are many people in America who really do want to support Black businesses, but they may have no idea how to go about it. Here are three simple ways that you can support Black-owned businesses and help your own community.
Black People Don’t Support Black Businesses
AFRICANGLOBE - People claim that they will support businesses and will help out and purchase items, but when time comes- they are no where to be found. Black people do a lot of talking and not a lot of doing.
Buy Black In The New Year
AFRICANGLOBE - As the holiday shopping season comes to a close, PurchaseBlack.com wants shoppers to continue to support the Black American business community and buy Black in the New Year. "After the gifts are given away, you are still going to have birthdays, need school clothes, hair conditioner, shaving products, and lots of other things throughout the year.
Black Businesses Thriving, a New Report Reveal
AFRICANGLOBE - New educational infographic outlines the progress made by African-American business owners over the past decade.
Black business owners made enormous strides during the early 2000s, as revealed by an infographic from CreditDonkey.com. According to the illustrated piece titled “Black Business Thriving,”
New iPhone App Points the Way to Black-Owned Businesses
AFRICANGLOBE - Around The Way, a New York-based company, and Clearly Innovative, a Washington, D.C.-based mobile-app development firm, have launched a mobile app that...
