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PLANNING AHEAD: Trailblaze Marketing Digital Media Manager Kyle Steinberg, left, shares ideas with co-worker Jen Guimond, center, and company founder and President Christopher Parisi.  PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Trailblaze Marketing is using AI to blaze trails

Business Services 09/27/2024

2024 PBN Innovative Companies Awards CREATIVE: Trailblaze Marketing TRAILBLAZE MARKETING IS SEIZING the potential of artificial intelligence. AI, according to Christopher Parisi – the Providence-based marketing firm’s...

Being social?

Executive Poll 08/04/2023

Do you encourage your employees to promote your company on their social media channels? Yes: 67% No: 33% What do you often use social media for? Employee recruiting:...

Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000

Capital Goods 03/20/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on...

U.S. adds a surprisingly strong 517,000 jobs despite Fed hikes

Business Services 02/03/2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – America's employers added a stunning 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve's aggressive...

U.S. jobless claim applications fall to lowest in 14 weeks

Economic Activity 01/05/2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than three months last week, reflecting...

U.S. jobless claims up modestly last week

Business Services 12/08/2022

WASHINGTON (AP) – Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S....

‘Average user’ data misses harm of social media

Commentary 12/10/2021

Fall 2021 has been filled with a steady stream of media coverage arguing that Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram social media platforms pose a...

AND ... ACTION: Sonya Janigian, right, owner of Sonya’s Clothing, shoots a Facebook Live video in her Cranston boutique with the company’s sales manager, Carmen Garcia. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Reliance on social media has severe downside

Entrepreneurship 11/12/2021

Sonya Janigian is not your typical social media influencer. But in the last 18 months, livestreamed Facebook videos have become a fixture of her Cranston...