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Large retailers are feeling the heat over their 24x7 shopping plans. If you're a smal retailer, it's important to stay on top of this issue.

Pricing your products is an ongoing process that involves both math skills and market research. Here's how to do it right.

Do you know which behaviors at work annoy other people? Here are four examples that are sure to drive your peers AND your manager completely nuts.

Think your travel schedule is getting out of hand? Take this test and see whether things are really as bad as you think they are.

The company's Folio lineup will offer small businesses another alternative to the wildly popular MacBook Air -- and claims of up to 9 hours of battery life.

Business travelers will find some value in the service, even if it's expensive -- and even if it carries the usual security risks.

Does your small business have a social media policy? The Evil HR Lady explains why it's time to get one -- and what can happen if you don't.

All it takes is one angry customer to ruin your reputation. And all it takes to prevent that from happening is a sense of accountability.

The Durbin Amendment has put more money into small merchants' pockets. Here's what you need to do to ensure that the profits keep rolling in.

Email signatures are like letterhead for your small business. So why would you have five different people using three different formats?

Your workplace desk reflects your personality. Make a bold statement with these nine desktop accessories that combine productivity, functionality, and elegance.

Too many company parties end up something employees dread rather than look forward to. Learn how to plan an event your staff will remember for a long time.

Want your company to foot the bill for washing your socks? The solution might be closer than you think.

It's a fact of life: customers and suppliers sometimes go belly up without warning. Learn how to protect your business against other companies' failures.

Extending a probationary period for a new employee with problems? That's wishful thinking, and it won't work. Here's what you should do instead.

It could be a Saturday Night Live sketch: The National Restaurant Association is sending out a sexual harassment poster to its members. But this is no laughing matter.

Printing more money won't create more jobs. What we need to do is recognize that our economy has changed forever and learn how to adapt.

Harry McCracken can't get enough of his Google Voice service. Here's why it -- or a similar tool -- might be a great fit for your small business, too.

Want to make a Gen Y worker happy? Don’t give her a raise, just let her use her own smartphone.