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If you need help with your ecommerce accounting, sales tax, inventory management, CFO, or other accounting related issues, let us know. |
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1. [READ] Smarter Supplier and Inventory Management |
- Katana co-CEO Ben Hussey unpacks how ecommerce manufacturers can stay profitable amid volatile tariffs, supply-chain disruptions, and rising costs.
- Rapid tariff changes and global supply constraints pushed raw-material costs up 20–50% within months.
- Companies that track true landed costs in real time pivot faster to adjust prices, suppliers, and inventory before margins vanish.
- Demand planning, lean inventory, and supplier diversification help avoid both over-buying and stock-outs.
- Good accounting and inventory tools give manufacturers the visibility needed to forecast, control costs, and scale.
- Read the summary then go to the Ecommerce Finance Podcast episode page for links to watch or listen
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- 700M+ people use ChatGPT weekly and now they can buy directly from merchants inside chat.
- U.S. rollout starts with Etsy and 1M+ Shopify stores coming soon.
- Merchants keep control of fulfillment & payments and pay a small fee per completed purchase.
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[READ] What a Government Shutdown Means for SBA Loans |
- SBA 7(a) & 504 loans paused with no new approvals until shutdown ends.
- Existing SBA borrowers must keep making payments; missed payments risk default.
- Funding alternatives: Banks (cheaper, slow), online lenders (fast, costly), community lenders (flexible, slower).
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[READ] Forbes Best Small Business Loans of 2025 |
- Lending standards have tightened for 14 straight quarters
- 47% of surveyed businesses cite debt-to-income as key barrier.
- Top rated lenders: TD Bank (low rates), Bluevine (low fees), Kapitus (large loans).
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