U.S. Businesses Not Going Global
With the dollar weaker and the buying power of foreign markets increasing every year, consumers outside the U.S. are clamoring for American products, but according to data revealed by the UPS Global Business Monitor; American small businesses aren't acting on the demand.
More than 67 percent of the nation’s small-to-mid-sized enterprises aren’t conducting business across borders, according to the inaugural UPS Business Monitor United States, a survey of 600 business decision-makers conducted by TNS. The reasons American businesses are gun shy are not clear-cut, as the survey results show.
Small-businesses listed numerous reasons why they aren’t jumping on global trade. Thirteen percent said it seems “too risky,” 12 percent cited a lack of knowledge about international markets and another 12 percent do not feel global trade applies to their business.
Olympics Logistics Center
UPS has established the first operational facility for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Olympics Logistics Center (OLC) is operated and managed by UPS on behalf of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and represents the first project completed by UPS under its commitments as the Official Logistics and Express Delivery Sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Opportunity International
A woman with a small-scale farm in South Africa went from growing food for her village to growing food for 5,000 hungry students in 31 rural schools where many only get one meal a day. Now, her goal is to feed thousands of hungry children across her nation.
Exporting For Growth
A new interactive seminar series in three major U.S. cities, Exporting for Growth, presented by UPS (NYSE: UPS) and The Department of Commerce’s U.S. Commercial Service offers SMEs the tools needed to grow their businesses internationally.
