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• More than 9.1 million firms are owned by women, employing nearly 7.9 million people and generating $1.4 trillion in sales as of 2014. • 2.9 million firms are majority-owned by women of color in the U.S. These firms employ 1.4 million people and generate $226 billion in revenues annually. • One in five firms with revenue of one million or more is woman-owned. • 4.2% of all women owned firms have revenues of one million or more. • Women make more than 80% of all consumer purchasing decisions.
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• 87% of women business owners are optimistic about the economic outlook for their businesses in the coming year.
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• Women business owners said they would focus on marketing, customer service and hiring in the coming year • 43% of women expect to work past the age of 70 or do not plan to retire. • 52% plan to work after they retire. • Over the next decade, women will control two-thirds of consumer wealth in the United States. • American women spend almost $7 trillion annually!
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Owner / Manager Gerda’s Restaurant and Bakery In 1962, the Augsburg, Germany, native and her family came to the United States, where Gerda Bailey headed a professional operated bakery. After learning the “business”, Gerda Bailey settled with her family in Omaha in 1972 and she opened her German Restaurant and Bakery in Midtown Omaha in 1976. Growing up in Augsburg, Germany, Gerda learned to cook and bake a variety of her native German recipes. Over three decades Gerda Bailey, known as an Omaha Icon, has cooked, baked, catered and served the finest German food to her customers including some famous personalities. Many customers enjoy her hearty German entrees at lunch and dinner, but Gerda is also known for her pan-fried chicken. Gerda’s German Restaurant and Bakery offers special events, including a Valentine’s Day dinner, two special wine tastings a year and a famous Oktoberfest, held the second week in September.
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Highlighting Women, Women Owned Businesses and Their Accomplishments! Plus . . . Products and Services Important To Women Alesia Lester owner and stylist at Gossip Hair N’ Works Salon has been a licensed cosmetologist for over 12 years. She specializes in healthy hair & styling hair of all types.
Quality Items Reasonable Prices! Gloria Sole has been in the antiques & collectibles business for more then 20 years. She specializes in memoribilia specific to the Omaha and Nebraska area. Stop by to see her unique, hard to find rare items. Inventory is always changing. She is also proud to offer no fee lay-away and interested in buying, selling, trading and bartering.
Alesia is also a published author. her first book a biography titled Life behind the Chair (Journey of a Concrete Rose) will be realeased January 2016.
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