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1 year later: Here's how Bay Area small businesses found success during COVID-19


A September 2020 Yelp study found that 800 small businesses are closing every day in the United States.
More data is needed to fully understand the scope of the pandemic s impact, but it s incredible to watch people beat the odds. Some Bay Area business owners have managed to adapt by making masks or starting something like a distance picnic company. Joe Haley and Mustafa Oberi started their company ParcNiks SF, to give people a safe space to eat outdoors and do it in style.
Lennotch Taplett, owner of LUXGROOM, also found a way to thrive in our new environment.
For the past dozen or so years, I ve owned a barbershop in downtown Union Square and you know business was great, Taplett said. The pandemic really changed how I had to go about doing things. With the uncertainty of the opening and the closures, the best idea for me was to ask myself, How do I get my business back to my clients? A mobile barbershop was the perfect solution. ....

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