FORTUNE Small Business

Hard-hitting, informative coverage of the fastest-growing segment of the global economy: small business.

A Women-Run Travel Agency Leading Adventure Trips for Women Only

By Rachel King

September 14, 2019

Retail

How Minnidip Made A Splash With Its Inflatable Pools

By Kristin Larson

August 22, 2019

Retail

This Store Sells Only Chess-Related Products—With Hopes to Win Over Millennials

By Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan

July 21, 2019

Retail

Big Gay Ice Cream Cofounder on Growing a Small Business from Coast to Coast

By Rachel King

June 23, 2019

Foraging for Ice Cream With West Coast Wunderkind Salt & Straw

By Naomi Tomky

April 20, 2019

A Top Garden Gnome Maker Needs a Successor—But No One Is Calling

By Don Reisinger

March 7, 2019

NYC Strand Bookstore Owner Says Landmark Designation Would Hurt the Business, Report Says

By Emily Gillespie

December 4, 2018

Retail

What Is Small Business Saturday? How AmEx’s Post-Recession Initiative Found Its Place in the Thanksgiving Retail Rush

By Natasha Bach

November 23, 2018

Retail

Tax-Free Shopping? How One State Is Celebrating Small Business Saturday 2018

By Natasha Bach

November 23, 2018

Amazon Has a New Plan to Be the World’s Biggest Small Business

By Renae Reints

September 17, 2018

Women Entrepreneurs Are Optimistic About Their Businesses and the U.S. Economy, Study Finds

By McKenna Moore

August 29, 2018

Commentary

Mastercard and Unilever CEOs: How We Can Help Microbusinesses Grow

By Ajay Banga and Paul Polman

July 14, 2018

Facebook’s Political-Ad Filters are Rejecting Ads for Hair Salons and Daycares. Now They’re Complaining on Twitter

By Kevin Kelleher

June 22, 2018

Tech

Retailers Beware: Facebook Will Ban Your Ads If You’re ‘Bad’

By Kevin Kelleher

June 12, 2018

CountryTime Vows to Pay Fines of Kids Busted for Operating Lemonade Stands

By Chris Morris

June 8, 2018