New Research: Online Marketplaces Help Level the Playing Field for Small Sellers
Access to Millions of Customers and Integrated Tools Help Small Sellers Compete with Large Retailers Washington, DC (May 26, 2022
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A New Economic Lens For Exploring the Negative Effects of Digital Platform Antitrust Legislation on American Small Businesses
This paper applies a "platform governance" lens to describe in a detailed way how draft "progressive antitrust" legislation in Congress would harm small businesses.
New Research: Small Businesses Believe Congress is Focusing on Wrong Issues
Small Business Priorities Are Inflation, COVID, and Data Security - Not Antitrust Washington, DC (May 19, 2022): As inflation ris
The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Jake Ward, CEO of Data Protocol
We discuss with Jake Ward, CEO of Data Protocol, how they create education programs and certifications to help software developers view data privacy as a feature of every product.
New Research Debunks Myth That “Big Tech” M&A Crushes Competition
Findings Show GAFAM Acquisitions are Not Unique and Do Not Create “Kill Zones” Washington, DC (April 5, 2022): New research autho
The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Michelle Finneran Dennedy – Partner, Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO, PrivacyCode, Inc.
We discuss with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Partner at Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO at PrivacyCode, the exploding Privacy Tech landscape, and the innovations of small private companies.
Competitor Welfare: Why the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) Benefits the App Store One Percenters - and Perhaps No One Else
We analyzed the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) from the point of view of small app publishers (small businesses typically with less than 20 employees) whose products make up the broad majority of available smartphone apps across both major app stores.
Unintended Consequences: How the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992) Will Unwittingly Hurt America’s Independent Software Developers and Small App Publishers
This working group of software developers, small app publishers, and other small businesses working in the app ecosystem discussed S. 2992 and its potential consequences.
Data Catalyst Institute Analysis of S. 2992, the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act”
DCI's analysis of S. 2992, the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” suggests that there will be unintended consequences for software developers and small app publishers.
Super Selling: How Contemporary Small Businesses Reach Customers and Sell Products
This research report takes an in-depth look at how modern small businesses reach their customers and sell their products through a variety of online and offline sales methods.
DCI Survey Contradicts Conventional Wisdom, Finds SMBs Use Multiple Sales Methods in Modern Retail
Oct. 25, 2021, WASHINGTON - The Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) published Super Selling, new survey research on small business retai
Super Selling: Most Small Businesses Use Multiple Sales Methods
The evolution of traditional retail alongside the growth of digital selling has created an infinite variety of options and aggressive competition for sellers’ attention, investment and allegiance.