Total marketing budgets will decline in the US by $56 billion over the next two years, first time drop since the (more…)

According to a poll by the National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation, 25% of small business owners fear they won’t survive the recession. And the problem isn’t tight credit, it’s (more…)

Tuesday at 3 PM Central time, the International Trade Association’s Executive Director, Ron Whitney, along with IRTA’s President David Wallach appeared on the iTV Barter Channel for a one hour program. Co-hosts David Cooper and Bob Meyer asked about the (more…)

Record barter sales at the IMSBarter Holiday Barter Expo’s were reported by management. The company surpassed trading (more…)

The last time I sat in box seats behind home plate in Yankee stadium was in September, 1963. I had just finished the AAA season at Richmond in the International League, the Yankees top farm club. And I was in New York to have the Yankees terrific Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Sidney Gaynor, perform an operation for torn cartilage on my right knee.

Surgery was scheduled later in the week and so I took in a couple of the ball games at the Stadium. At one of (more…)

BarterNews.com Tuesday Report of December 16 had four stories about “Barter In (more…)

Every person today should be thinking outside the box because money is harder to acquire in today’s down economy. You have assets that you never really think about, your time, skills, hobby’s, etc. When you trade/barter on your assets you (more…)

Every Tuesday BarterNews.com provides its readers with The Tuesday Barter Report. The Ethical Marketplace is one of the sites that picks it up and shares it with their vast (more…)

Ask any seasoned barterer where they made their first trade and you will find that it was with another person. Later on they will learn about (more…)

Some 23% of companies report that they will not be holding a holiday party this year. There are, however, creative ways to show your appreciation and thanks. And several (more…)