{"id":1206239,"date":"2023-11-25T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206239"},"modified":"2023-11-25T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T19:34:00","slug":"how-to-support-local-retailers-on-small-business-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206239","title":{"rendered":"How to Support Local Retailers on &#039;Small Business Saturday&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America celebrates &#8220;Small Business Saturday&#8221; today with special celebrations everywhere from Houston, Texas to Buffalo, New York<br \/>\nNBC News reports:<br \/>\nSandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday \u2014 historically the biggest and busiest retail days of the year \u2014 there&#8217;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 &#8220;small&#8221; year round, whether they physically visit stores or shop online. <\/p>\n<p>This year, 85% of consumers say they&#8217;re likely to shop &#8220;small&#8221; during the holiday season, according to the American Express 2023 Shop Small Impact Study. That represents a multibillion dollar opportunity \u2014 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. <\/p>\n<p>Like CBS News, NBC has compiled its list of small businesses that can ship their products to you \u2014 and suggests leaving positive reviews online for your favorite small businesses. (&#8220;Amazon, for example, now adds badges to product pages on its site if items are sold by small businesses.&#8221;)<br \/>\nThey also recommend interacting with your favorite small businesses on social media \u2014 while &#8220;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 &#8216;small business&#8217; filter on desktop and mobile, and one for Google Maps on mobile.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s &#8220;Small Business Saturday&#8221; will happen next week, on the first Saturday in December.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=How+to+Support+Local+Retailers+on+'Small+Business+Saturday'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F11%2F25%2F1859259%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/twitter_icon_large-857.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F11%2F25%2F1859259%2Fhow-to-support-local-retailers-on-small-business-saturday%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/facebook_icon_large-429.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/23\/11\/25\/1859259\/how-to-support-local-retailers-on-small-business-saturday?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/23\/11\/25\/1859259\/how-to-support-local-retailers-on-small-business-saturday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Support Local Retailers on &#8216;Small Business Saturday&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America celebrates &#8220;Small Business Saturday&#8221; today with special celebrations everywhere from Houston, Texas to Buffalo, New York NBC News reports: Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday \u2014 historically the biggest and busiest retail days of the year \u2014 there&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206239\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,110],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1206239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slashdot","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-slashdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1206239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1206239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1206239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1206239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}