Ahead of International Women’s Day March 8, Yelp added the ability for users to search for businesses that are owned by women.
Yelp introduced the ability for businesses to mark that they are “women-owned” last March. Since then, over 72,000 businesses in the U.S. have added this tag to their page on the business directory and crowdsourced review forum.
Emily Washcovick, manager of local business outreach at Yelp, said in a blog post that there has been a 20% increase in mentions of women-owned businesses in U.S.
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