With the
holidays fast approaching, consumers are encouraged to support small businesses
by shopping locally during Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28.
First launched
in 2010 as a call for shoppers to patronize local, community merchants, Small
Business Saturday has since grown – turning out 88 million consumers in 2014
who spent an estimated $14.3 billion at small independent businesses.
Its estimated
45 cents of every dollar spent at a small or independent locally owned business
stays in your local community.
To find small
businesses in their communities, interested consumers can go here.