Q&A talks about growing business via barter with Debbie Lombardi, president, Barter Business Unlimited, Bristol. Q: How big is the barter market in Connecticut? Is it popular with larger or smaller ...

Reporting from Oakland — When Oakland restaurateur Henry Vortriede needs more bread for his eatery, he doesn’t have to spend cash to buy it. Instead, he turns to barter, an ancient form of commerce ...

Before the notion of buying and selling, there was the concept of bartering. With so much financial uncertainty looming over the country for the past decade, many businesses have turned again to ...

Last year’s barter expo, pictured above, was termed a success and the Nov. 10 edition is expected to be even larger. At middle, negotiations were done on-site. At bottom, Dara Varano holds Lucy; the ...

Cash is tight, but small businesses still need goods and services. That's why more have been turning to bartering--trading what they have for something they need. The International Reciprocal Trade ...

In his landmark 1776 book Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith called money one of the three great inventions, along with the written word and mathematics. Money has helped businesses grow more efficiently, ...

Since ancient times, people have used bartering as a way of doing business. Exchanging goods and services for other goods and services seems like a more direct way of conducting local business. If you ...

With many businesses struggling under the economic ravages of the pandemic, some are finding relief in bartering – a trade practice that’s been around for millennia but could prove to be a very old ...

Lavonda Henry and Charlene Lawrence plan to serve an eight-county region but will focus first on Hendricks County and Greenwood. They are renting their office in Plainfield from Yeager Properties ...