Looking to support local businesses in the heart of the Circle City? This round up offers a mixture of downtown classics that have been around for decades along with some “new kids on the block” – all located within the square mile. Here’s to working your way through these ten dishes to try right now… Read more
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Yelp Los Angeles Community Director, Helina Medhin has compiled this Collection as a starting point for solidarity, education and allyship. Read on for ideas on how to support local establishments (virtually and in real life) across the country while championing social change. From fighting a global pandemic, practicing social distancing, and adjusting to new normals––2020… Read more
Yelp Reveals New Beauty Data: What People Are Searching for Now and What Trends Are on the Rise
Our latest Yelp Economic Average report, released this week, reveals that the beauty industry has been hit incredibly hard by COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders. Though, like many industries that rely on brick-and-mortar locations, we’ve seen that beauty businesses have been resilient, with many pivoting to offer virtual consultations, mobile salon treatments like manicures and waxing,… Read more
We betcha didn’t know you could review the world’s tallest filing cabinet on Yelp. Or better yet, how about a museum that’s entirely dedicated to Pez candy?! Yelp’s Northeast Community Managers have rounded up the kookiest and zaniest local spots on Yelp to discover. From carousel and umbrella cover museums to enormous elephant statues and… Read more
5 tips for successful virtual sales consultations
Virtual sales consultations are a new and important reality for in-home service providers. They allow sales to flow even when businesses, showrooms, and in-home selling are restricted or undesirable for some buyers. And while the heart and soul of the sales process remains consistent between in-home and virtual selling, there are some important considerations to… Read more
Orlando vs Tampa Bay, in a Trivia Battle
Yelp Elites from Tampa Bay and Orlando meet and compete in a laughter-filled evening of trivia.
Increased Consumer Interest in May Correlates with COVID-19 Hot Spots in June, According to Yelp’s Economic Average
As cities reopen and COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country, local governments have taken action, pivoting their reopening plans. Many businesses that eagerly reopened doors in June were forced to scale back operations and in some cases even shut down again — a costly action for many small businesses.
Behind the business: celebrating 15 years of hot little biscuits with Callie’s
Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit was born 15 years ago when owner Carrie Morey knew her mother Callie’s homemade biscuit recipe had to be shared outside of the walls of her cozy childhood kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina. She first launched a mail-order business with the signature country ham biscuit and has since grown to four… Read more
Looking to support Black-owned businesses? We’ve rounded up 19 highly-rated Black-owned vegan eateries across North America to support now, and every day. The businesses below are listed in no particular order and range from soul food in Detroit to vegan crab cakes in Washington D.C. In fact, consumer interest in plant-based food continues to gain… Read more
Stories from Black Pastry Chefs in America
Over the past few months, we have received an outpouring of requests from our community to provide an easy way to find and support Black-owned businesses on Yelp. In fact, this has been our most requested feature during this time, and over the course of two weeks* alone, we saw a 35x increase in the… Read more