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Millions of dollars gone up in smoke on December 23rd. Years of hard work, careful study, diligent analysis by the best minds, and it was all for not. Undone in the last 48 hours and the last mile. It happened this holiday to one retailer, but how often do we do it to ourselves? Ruining our own “brand image,” that is, just as we’re about to cross the finish line.

Young Children Do Not Understand the Concept of Credit Cards
It’s the 21st century, and most of the kids living in the United States are constantly watching their parents put a cute little plastic card into an automated teller machine and seeing the machine instantly spit out a wad of cash. It’s like magic! A machine that gives money whenever anybody wants it!

It’s only October, but there is actually less than 82 shopping days remaining until Christmas. Many people are still paying their holiday debt from last year, let alone feel ready to start the holiday gift buying season all over again. Didn’t you make a promise to start your holiday shopping earlier this year, so you wouldn’t be as tempted to rely on credit cards at the last minute?

Small business owners now have a wide variety of credit cards to choose from, and it makes it difficult to choose the best one for your small business. As a small business owner, you will need to decide which features you think that the company will use most often, and if they are worth using and having, before applying to a card. Many of the credit card companies now offer many attractive tools that can and will help each small business owner in their everyday spending and tracking.