For restaurants, every input is getting more expensive. Although you often hear these increases are “transitory,” that is not the case.
February 16, 2022
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February 16, 2022
What happened to the RRF?
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a $28 billion relief program, was implemented in spring 2021 to help the struggling independent restaurant industry offset losses from COVID-19.
February 16, 2022
Embracing technology: It’s not just for the big chains
he pandemic has helped usher in (aka forced) a new era in the restaurant business, one that has seen successful restaurants ditch the traditional business model.
February 1, 2022
Extraterritorial jurisdiction: What to do with competing legal requirements
If trade tensions continue, companies may increasingly find themselves subject to competing compliance obligations, demanding a careful review of applicable compliance policies, procedures and practices.
December 22, 2021
Economic Coercion
Funny how it doesn’t take long to coin a phrase. I’ve been warning about Economic Coercion for years.
December 6, 2021
Tariff Engineering
Effective Duty Mitigation Strategies In its simplest terms, tariff engineering means an importer is allowed to make a product in a way that the lowest possible duty rate applies at time of importation.
November 3, 2021
Shop Small, Shop Sooner: It’s a ‘win-win’ situation
This holiday season, Shop Small and Shop Sooner go hand in hand.
We’re borrowing, with permission, an idea from our neighbors at the Iowa SBDC to encourage supporting local businesses in all the ways possible.
October 25, 2021
Hackers for Hire – Ye be warned
I’ve written several blogs on the topic of Deemed Exports, Presence as it relates to Deemed Exports and Reasonable Care, all of which explain how U.S. companies and individuals can run afoul of export regulations without physically exporting a product.
September 28, 2021
Celebrating small businesses that have persevered through the pandemic
Especially during National Small Business Week (Sept.
September 23, 2021
Another thing to monitor: China’s new sweeping data privacy law
reach when enforcing its laws.