How to Support Local Retailers on 'Small Business Saturday' (nbcnews.com) 34
America celebrates "Small Business Saturday" today with special celebrations everywhere from Houston, Texas to Buffalo, New York
NBC News reports: Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday — historically the biggest and busiest retail days of the year — there's another standout shopping event: Small Business Saturday. Started by American Express in 2010 and co-sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration since 2011, Small Business Saturday aims to create awareness about the impact shoppers have when they buy "small" year round, whether they physically visit stores or shop online.
This year, 85% of consumers say they're likely to shop "small" during the holiday season, according to the American Express 2023 Shop Small Impact Study. That represents a multibillion dollar opportunity — consumers are expected to spend an estimated $125 billion at small businesses this holiday season, up 42% from $88 billion in 2022, as reported by Intuit QuickBooks.
Like CBS News, NBC has compiled its list of small businesses that can ship their products to you — and suggests leaving positive reviews online for your favorite small businesses. ("Amazon, for example, now adds badges to product pages on its site if items are sold by small businesses.")
They also recommend interacting with your favorite small businesses on social media — while "the American Express small-business map allows you to input your zip code so it can recommend local shops in your area and beyond. Google also has a 'small business' filter on desktop and mobile, and one for Google Maps on mobile."
The UK's "Small Business Saturday" will happen next week, on the first Saturday in December.
NBC News reports: Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday — historically the biggest and busiest retail days of the year — there's another standout shopping event: Small Business Saturday. Started by American Express in 2010 and co-sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration since 2011, Small Business Saturday aims to create awareness about the impact shoppers have when they buy "small" year round, whether they physically visit stores or shop online.
This year, 85% of consumers say they're likely to shop "small" during the holiday season, according to the American Express 2023 Shop Small Impact Study. That represents a multibillion dollar opportunity — consumers are expected to spend an estimated $125 billion at small businesses this holiday season, up 42% from $88 billion in 2022, as reported by Intuit QuickBooks.
Like CBS News, NBC has compiled its list of small businesses that can ship their products to you — and suggests leaving positive reviews online for your favorite small businesses. ("Amazon, for example, now adds badges to product pages on its site if items are sold by small businesses.")
They also recommend interacting with your favorite small businesses on social media — while "the American Express small-business map allows you to input your zip code so it can recommend local shops in your area and beyond. Google also has a 'small business' filter on desktop and mobile, and one for Google Maps on mobile."
The UK's "Small Business Saturday" will happen next week, on the first Saturday in December.
The County Needs That Free Tax Money (Score:2)
Make those purchases!
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OK, Koolaid consumer. Let me filter that for you. See the State, via approval from the US government passes laws so that the county can collect taxes on every sale that they keep for themselves. See, that is free money. Now try again.
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Consider the idea of moving to Somlia, western afghanistan, [sawanandsawan.com] or even to a 'city' east of San Diego, California. [google.com]
You should be happy in one of these locations.
In the mean time, the rest of us will remain educated and understand the difference between FREE and FREE-LOADERS.
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I see you drank the Kool-Aid.
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Only a fool thinks that a tax-free life is possible. And as I said, I gave you plenty of places for you to move in which you can have your tax-free existance.
Or are you going to continue to be a whiner and free-loader like many of the 20-30 y.o.s of today?
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Ahh, name calling. Hmm. And what age partakes of that?
The Native Americans did it for thousands of years before the white man showed up and genocided them. Now kindly go fuck yourself and learn a few things before you go spouting off at the mouth about shit you know nothing about and then call folks names.
U wut (Score:2)
dept. America celebrates "Small Business Saturday" today
No we don't. And if the multi-billion dollar international corporation who made it up really wanted to help support small business, they would have done it on a day which let business owners enjoy a Holiday weekend off.
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Yup. How dare we come into these small businesses on a WEEKEND! The audacity! We should let them do something else rather than do business!
Shoplift from walmart (Score:2)
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With no due respect, jump off a cliff.
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I think that is the point, turbo. It is based on selfishness. The small business lost when the government said it was OK to buy Chinese shit by giving them tax breaks, while sticking it to the local business. Hence, FUCK THEM.
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Well, before that, it was Mexico, and before that it was Japan.
And yes, your point should be that the US should make every effort to become an exporter, more than we are, and to ensure we have viable domestic industries that are able to manufacture, on a sustained basis, the necessities of life her in the US.
Becoming dependent on other nations for the basics is not a viable policy, whether it was intentional or not.
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It only helps yourself, Walmart raises prices for everyone
The biggest problem with Walmart is that they undercut prices, which makes people not even buy the stuff they could find at local retailers.
Let's face it, local retail is going away. It was never very efficient and good at the same time. You went to the local store and ended up buying what they stocked because you wanted or needed something and it would take a long time to get it through a catalog — odds are good they weren't even stocking what you were ordering, and you had to wait for other people t
Is that why? (Score:2)
Is that why my inbox gets flooded with Black Friday sales from various international corporations who I almost forgot had an email address from me?
Wanna support local business? (Score:2)
Prefer them to big business - all year long.
Whenever I buy anything, I do this, by order of preference
- Check if any of my local stores has it. That means calling or going there when they don't have a website.
- If not, check if local stores in nearby town have it.
- If not, check if big box, non-national stores have it (those usually have a website)
- If not, move up to big box, national chains. But decent ones: don't hit the most terribles ones like Wallyworld just quite yet.
- If not, move to the internet: c
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so for you being local is the only consideration.
years ago (say, before globalization) retailers used to have knowledge about the stuff they sold, they were experts or at least had an expert in house, so they could give valuable advice or even facilitate access stuff that is hard to find. this was their added value, not their store. but shops like that barely exist anymore. nowadays you usually get to interact with someone doing temporary work and who hasn't the slightest clue nor interest about what he/she
Amex sucks (Score:2)
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You sit on a throne of lies. Except for the debit card thing, which, since American Express now issues debit cards, is moot.
Again, you lie. besides Amex not even charging an interchange (they have NO interchange to charge, do some research), but their discounts are generally comparable to all other card networks. Just are. I've seen the statements. Many merchants cannot easily calculate their total cad expenses, and no mistake there, for their banks prefer to ask them to 'trust' they are getting a good dea
Screw the retailers (Score:2)
Tis the Season... (Score:2)
To spend money.
Re-legalize corner stores! (Score:3, Interesting)
Because commerce is outlawed in modern neighborhoods in the USA, a large portion of the population has little choice but to shop at corporate supermarkets.
When I was a kid, I could safely walk to the store, buy a popsicle and walk home before it melted. I feel bad for today's kids who don't get to enjoy the same independence that I did.
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Oh yeah! Rode bikes there as I was in a farm/fields converted suburb. But man the sweet smell from the candy and blast of air conditioning from that old "country store" that ended up on the corner--as the plats filled in around it. Zoning wouldn't allow it to be made anew today. Never in the middle of single family housing.
That said, I actually do boycott amazon and am quite successful with "ma and pa" websites. Local stores will order something if I need it. I just ask and they love it, plus I get whatever
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When I was a kid, I could safely walk to the store, buy a popsicle and walk home before it melted. I feel bad for today's kids who don't get to enjoy the same independence that I did.
The safety part didn't come from who owned the store. You are getting cause and effect backward.
Letting criminals run wild is one of the primary reasons it's hard to have stores in the city at all, and also that the ones you do get there will most likely be run by large companies who can at least try to manage the chaos.
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The reason it's outlawed is because large delivery trucks rumblingly arrive at 4am and idle their diesel engines for hours while being unloaded, and rowdy drunks, stoners, and derelicts hang out until 4am. It wasn't like that in the corner store heyday of the 50s.
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It's also due to the SimCity-esque single use zoning laws that say a place may be residential, commercial or industrial and none shall intermix.
When in reality, having mixed work-play-live zoning would do well to bring life to subrubia as well as potentially even *gasp* reduce emissions.
I mean, light commercial near residential is a good idea - a corner store for the emergency necessities as well as treats, as well as regular services - a haircut/barbershop/salon and other similar services that can safely c
Right, got it. (Score:2, Funny)
bogus nonsense (Score:2)
Support small business one day of the year? Like that matters? Just like use paper straws; it'll save the turtles.