We support @Yelp’s efforts to ensure users get the information they need about “crisis pregnancy centers”—anti abortion orgs that often rely on deceptive tactics to lure people in.
Consumers should know the facts when making decisions about their health. https://t.co/15XeZq55jw
Analysis: We’re down the rabbit hole of American pizza, which in fact turns out to be a bewilderingly diverse, complicated and contentious culinary crazy quilt. https://t.co/tQNlO9yvke
New: Data from @Yelp shows business openings in the U.S. has exceeded 2019 levels every month this year so far — thanks to a surge in travel, events and get-togethers.
Zoom in: Openings increased across every category and were driven across the country by hotels and travel (up 39%), home services (up 37%), auto (up 27%), event services (up 27%), and local services businesses (up 23%).
Zoom out: Geographically, California, Florida, Texas, New York, and Georgia saw the largest total number of new business openings. (Florida overtook Texas this year, moving to second after landing third in 2022.)
Of note: Every month has also seen more business openings from underrepresented communities compared to its respective month last year.
LGBTQ-owned businesses (up 33%), Black-owned (up 28%), and Latin-owned (up 28%) business openings grew above the national average (up 25%) when comparing January through July 2023 to the same time period last year.
More @axios
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Since announcing record new business applications for '21-22, we’ve only seen more evidence of a historic expansion in entrepreneurship - Yelp found '22 was a record year for new biz openings & new biz growth in 86% of states exceeded pre-pandemic levels
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Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics that provide abortion services, in a policy change shared first with Axios.
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Today, exclusively in @FastCompany: @yelp CEO @jeremys writes about how he's supporting employees who need abortions, and why other business leaders should do the same: https://t.co/G2fRFi1FE8
Today's SCOTUS ruling puts women's health in jeopardy, denies them their human rights, and threatens to dismantle the progress we’ve made toward gender equality in the workplace since Roe. Business leaders must speak out now and call on Congress to codify Roe into law.
We must take immediate action to reduce gun violence and avoid more devastating loss of life. I stand with @Everytown and more than 220 CEOs to urge the Senate to pass gun safety legislation and help keep our children and communities safe #EndGunViolence https://t.co/jdnbknVtsm
Great to see the @FTC taking action to hold companies accountable for deceiving consumers. Review integrity is our #1 priority, which is why we don’t allow solicited or compensated contributions on Yelp, and why we only recommend about 70% of our reviews https://t.co/OWWz51GjbG
Our Q2 results are in, showing that Yelp is a stronger and more efficient business than it has ever been. As @jeremys said on today’s investor call, "These results are a testament to the resilience and creativity of all of our teams." Full results here: https://t.co/c2sS5btE2m.