Support Our Local Economy, Go Shopping this Small Business Saturday

Created five years ago in 2010, Small Business Saturday was developed as a way to support local independently owned businesses and provide an alternative to “Black Friday”, the busiest shopping day of the year.

“When you support your local businesses, you are supporting the local businesses that pay taxes for our schools and our community”, she said. We will be offering specials within our store and I know that a bunch of the credit cards offer consumers incentives to shop small on Small Business Saturday.

The day encourages people to shop at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

American Express is working alongside numerous business organizations to support local Small Business Saturday celebrations throughout the country.

“Running a small business is extremely hard”, said Trish Livingston, director of the Small Business Development Center. Small Business Saturday serves as the ceremonial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for many small businesses across the United States.

Beginning at 1 p.m. and lasting until 6 p.m., participating stores in downtown St. Clairsville will be open and featuring a variety of specials.

“If we have a good season, we support our employees, their families, and we support all of these different people who need help”, said Fordham. While it’s easy to sit around at home and order items online, we think it’s better for area residents to spend their money at businesses in Great Falls and surrounding towns.

The research shows that 54% of shoppers reckon they become strongly attached to local small businesses when people behind the counter go out of their way to build an emotional connection with them. “Shopping locally is a great way to bring back the fun and love of holiday shopping”.

“Our sales have really gone through the roof on that particular day”, said Heuchert.

You should also take the time to promote what other small businesses are doing too as not only could these turn into valuable contacts in the future but it’s all within the spirit of the day.

The Small Business Saturday tour bus paid a visit to Balham on Friday, as part of a 29 stop route around the UK.

“Big shopping with downtown charm”, Sokul said.

“You can’t shop locally if you can’t find what you want, but I would say shop locally if you can”.

You may also notice that more than 40 downtown businesses have their windows decorated as part of the second annual window decorating contest, which will be judged December 3 and announced at Midnight Merriment on December 4. “People have to make a much more conscious effort to shop small”. “There are lots of ways to participate this year, by shopping, dining or inviting friends to shop with you”.