Small Business Saturday is an annual holiday that encourages holiday shoppers to shop at local businesses. Small Business Saturday takes place on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. The day became official in when Washington State mayors, governors, senators and President Obama shared their support for Small Business Saturday. In , American Express amplified the campaign by helping small business owners promote their businesses.
The credit card company offered small business owners free personalized ads to spread across the web. By , communities began celebrating the holiday by pledging support to their local businesses and organizations. As the enclosure that had shut down a couple of blocks of Oxford Street filled with teenagers, bedraggled parents, excited children and baffled tourists, the crowd was treated to a syrupy medley of Last Christmas I gave you my Heart , All I Want for Christmas is You, and, more daringly, Fairytale of New York.
After the ever-seasonal line "You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot" had rung out along the commercial heart of the capital, the show — if a series of ever-more naked plugs can be called a show — got under way.
Hat-tips to Heart Supporting small businesses is more important than ever We all have favorite small businesses we can't imagine living without. However, fewer small businesses are opening and staying open. To be successful requires an abundance of grit, passion and determination. Watch the docuseries Saving Main , which looks at some of the challenges three different small businesses faced and the inspiring ways each business persevered.
When you buy a product or service from a small business, your money goes right back into the local economy. That's why the Small Business Administration is asking Americans to shop small for some holiday shopping this weekend. Karen Mills Former Administrator of the U. Small Business Administration. The Final State of the Union. The Supreme Court.
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