Small businesses funding usually revolves around bank loans, SBA loans and small business grants as most small businesses usually have a good track record and significant revenue, which makes most small businesses eligible for loan funding.

Small business funding is one of the services provided through FasterCapital's Raise Capital program. FasterCapital has wide connections with banks and lenders that provide different types of small business loans. FasterCapital helps you get a small business loan for your business through connecting your small business with the right bank or lender and preparing the required documents.

FasterCapital also helps small businesses in getting equity financing from VCs or angel investors. FasterCapital provides support through matching the small business with angel investors and VCs from its huge network of 100K angels and 10K VCs and help with the negotiations with investors.

Some of the approaches we consider to identify the right funding option for the small business are the following:

Assessing the business's financial stability and past track record

Reviewing the business plans and goals

Comparing the funding options against other similar businesses

Asking for feedback and opinions from investors and lenders

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Local Express POS is an end-to-end food eCommerce platform that helps Supermarkets and Grocery chains create website, process orders quickly, get started with social media management, and streamline their shipping and delivery process.

It’s an online storefront that offers shipping, delivery, and in-store pickup. So, store owners are saved from the hassle of coordinating with third-party marketplace services like Instacart and Doordash.

It’s integration with 24Seven Commerce’s Octopus Bridge plugin adds to the existing functionality and helps store owners meet the rising demand for fresh produce effortlessly. Here’s how:

• Allows store owners to adapt omnichannel sales and strategy: The biggest challenge store owners face when going omnichannel is disorganized data which has a negative impact on customer experience.

Octopus Bridge integrates data from all online and offline stores so customers can pick up where they left off from any platform.

• Eliminates stock outs: “Out of stock” situations or “stock outs” happen majorly because of poor inventory management.

Octopus Bridge synchronizes inventory across online and offline stores in real-time and sends notifications when the stock falls below a certain level to prevent instances of stockouts and ensure that online stores are updated regularly.

• Offers more delivery options: The Covid-19 pandemic amplified the “Amazon Effect” where consumers expect free shipping and fast delivery times. But local stores and most online businesses can’t keep up with the eCommerce giant in this regard, so customers have turned towards curbside pickup.

Curbside pickup or Buy Online Pick-up In Store (BOPIS) is a popular delivery option which allows customers to place an order online and pick it up at the nearest store. It allows businesses to save on shipping costs and provide better customer-experience.

The most crucial aspect when it comes to offering this delivery option is maintaining an updated inventory and the Octopus Bridge plugin greatly helps with that as seen by the point above.

In short, the integration helps users deliver a truly omnichannel experience and meet consumer demands with ease.

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About 24Seven Commerce:

We provide a cloud-based platform that enables retailers to sell online and synchronize online sales, shoppers and inventory with in-store point-of-sale (POS).

We're the leading providers of Integration-as-a-Service and have served clients in 20+ countries. Our mission is to make integrated eCommerce accessible to every retailer by offering affordable eCommerce technology for owners of brick-and-mortar stores.

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS looking at Saudi Arabia’s recently announced Technical Regulation for Ornaments and Accessories.

The new Technical Regulation regulates product safety and marking for ornaments and accessories. Under its provisions, products must conform to defined standards (or their equivalent), including:

• ASTM F2923:2020 ‘Children’s jewelry’
• ASTM F2999:2019 ‘Adult jewelry’
• GSO EN 71-1 ‘Toy safety – Mechanical and physical properties’
• GSO EN 71-3 ‘Toy safety – Migration of certain elements’
• ISO 19095-3 ‘Plastics – Evaluation of the adhesion interface performance in plastic-metal assemblies – Part 3; test methods’
• SASO 1063 ‘Toys – General safety requirements’
• SASO GSO 1829 ‘Technical requirements for woven fabric garments’
• SASO ISO 178 ‘Plastics – Determination of flexural properties’
• SASO ISO 458-1 ‘Determination of stiffness in torsion of flexible materials – Part 1: General method’
• SASO ISO 527-1 ‘Plastics – Determination of tensile properties – Part 1: General principles’
• SASO ISO 14368-3 ‘Mineral and sapphire watch-glasses – Part 3: Qualitative criteria and test methods’
• SASO ISO 23160 ‘Watch cases and accessories – Tests of resistance to wear, scratching and impacts’
• SASO ISO/IEC Guide 50 ‘Safety aspects – Guidelines for child safety in standards and other specifications’

It also sets out requirements for heavy metals in the raw materials used for manufacturing products:

• Lead: no more than 0.05%
• Cadmium: no more than 0.01%
• Nickel (migration):

1. No more than 0.2 µg/cm²/week for post assemblies which are inserted into pierced ears and other pierced parts of the body (migration percentage for a week of normal use)
2. No more than 0.5 µg/cm²/week for articles intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin (migration percentage for a week of normal use)

Other requirements in the Technical Regulation include:

• Suppliers (domestic manufacturers or importers) must conduct conformity assessments and obtain a certificate of conformity (CoC) according to the conformity assessment form (Type 1a) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17067 ‘Conformity assessment – Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes’
• Technical file must be attached to the product as part of the conformity assessment procedures. This technical file includes the Supplier Declaration of Conformity (DoC, Annex 4) and risk assessment documents

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) issued the Technical Regulation on September 23, 2022, and it will come into effect on March 22, 2023.

SGS Consumer Product Services

SGS provides news about the development of regulations affecting consumer products as a complimentary service. With an unrivalled global network of laboratories, they offer physical/mechanical testing, analytical testing and consultancy work for technical and non-technical parameters applicable to a comprehensive range of consumer products. In the end, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s Consumer Product Services.

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Saudi Arabia Issues Technical Regulation for Ornaments and Accessories SafeGuardS.

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article looking at changes in consumer buying habits and considers how technology and product certification marks can enhance trust and enable market differentiation.

Consumers now want more from their products in terms of performance, safety, sustainability, security and ergonomics. In fragmented markets, what questions are consumers asking and how can manufacturers ensure their products perform well?

SGS’s Consumer Compact article looks at the problem from the perspective of the manufacturer who wants to effectively demonstrate conformity to defined standards for safety and performance.

Read the original Consumer Compact article, ‘How Certification Marks Enhance Trust in Consumer Products’.

SGS Solution

SGS has launched a number of Product Certification Marks – performance, food contact, cybersecurity and green – to support manufacturers, suppliers and retailers in the delivery of safe, high-performing and compliant products to target markets. In the end, it’s trusted because it’s tested.

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Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: www.sgs.com/cgnr   

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About SGS

We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 96,000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.