Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Local markets make holiday shopping more fun. With makers, creators and bakers, you’re sure...

The pandemic has unleashed a historic burst in entrepreneurship and self-employment, The Wall Street...

Kergan Bros., the largest Sonic franchisee in Louisiana, sold its 56 locations to a California-based franchisee with locations in Texas and the Midwest, documents from the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court show, The Daily Advertiser reports. 

Demand is strong this holiday season as shoppers return to buying goods in stores and online after a slow 2020 season, but shipping bottlenecks and delays could hurt profit margins.

Rolfe McCollister Jr., who launched Baton Rouge Business Report in 1982, is retiring from the 40-year-old company. Julio Melara, who joined the company 25 years ago, is acquiring Louisiana Business Inc.

While all of the largest retailers in the country are busy promoting their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, there are lots of ways to keep Baton Rouge’s small businesses in mind on Small Business Saturday.

In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when...

A common admission around the Thanksgiving table is that it’s the side dishes—not the turkey—that bait our taste buds with anticipation.

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday sits Small Business Saturday—a chance for local companies to capitalize on all the holiday shopping fervor.  

The lunch specials at the new Iron Fork are a mouthwatering lineup of what co-owners Tory Cummings and Hershall Bergeron call soul food with a Cajun twist.