Troubling trends are piling up for small business owners, particularly for women and minority owners, the key one is their inability to pay rent.
According to a poll by Alignable, 45% of poll takers said their rent is at least 50% higher today than it was prior to COVID with 24% saying it's at least twice as high.
"Even more alarming, 12% noted their rent is more than three times higher than it was before the pandemic," Chuck Casto, head of marketing at Alignable said in prepared remarks.
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