To Matt, it didn't look as if business would ever pick up.

"Though business has picked up again of late," he added with a meaningful look.

But business picks up when everyone is back from vacations.

Restaurants, too, have seen business pick up, particularly in the past several months.

And business, while far from booming, has picked up over the last year.

The funny thing is, after I came on with the agency, business picked up.

True, merchants say business has picked up a bit in recent weeks.

And, by almost all accounts, business is finally picking up.

Judged by one important number, his business is picking up.

"In the last week our business has picked up dramatically," she said.