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Small Business Saturday: Shop the best Black Friday small business deals, gift ideas and more
Getty Images It’s Small Business Saturday. That means it’s time to support your favorite local and small brands. We’ve found a variety of Black Friday deals from small businesses, plus gift ideas your friends and family will love. Many of these items are CBS Essentials staff-recommended. Some come from Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022. For the second year in a row, Oprah Winfrey is celebrating small businesses, with 87 of the 104 gifts on her list coming from “family-run, local makers, BIPOC- and woman-founded and more!” she explains. Shop the best Small Business Saturday finds Discover small brands such as Stratia, Sleepy Tie, Brightland, Great Jones and more. Many of these Small Business Saturday picks are on…
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Black Friday taking a back seat to Small Business Saturday this year
Small business columnist Gene Marks weighs in on layoffs ahead of the holiday season and what small businesses can do to prepare for lower year-end profits. Black Friday is traditionally seen as the kickoff for America’s Christmas shopping season, but inflation appears to have shifted consumer behavior this year to the point Black Friday will be eclipsed ever so slightly by Small Business Saturday. A new survey released by Bankrate.com found that 59{8ba6a1175a1c659bbdaa9a04b06717769bcea92c0fdf198d429188ebbca09471} of holiday shoppers are likely to hit stores on Small Business Saturday, while 56{8ba6a1175a1c659bbdaa9a04b06717769bcea92c0fdf198d429188ebbca09471} plan on making purchases on Black Friday. A new survey from Bankrate found more holiday shoppers plan to hit up Small Business Saturday…
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‘It’s our biggest day of the year:’ Locally-owned businesses hope for higher turnout for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday 2021
Last year, many businesses either had limited sales or did not participate at all due to COVID-19 restrictions. Business owners hope 2021 will be the beginning of a return to normalcy for the holiday season. Black Friday – the Friday after Thanksgiving – has grown in recent years to nearly become a holiday by itself, especially as stores offer bigger and better deals, sometimes spanning late Thursday evening and throughout the day on Friday. Small Business Saturday, this year on Nov. 27, hasn’t yet reached Black Friday status but it’s no less important, according to Alan Haut, North Dakota District director for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In a letter…
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