Small Business Saturday provides a less stressful alternative

“I support Petaluma merchants and local commerce,” Ridgeway said Saturday, during a visit to iLeoni, one several locally owned shops participating in Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday gives shoppers an alternative to the long, stress-filled Black Friday lines at big-box stores and shopping malls. And it offers a...

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Small Business Saturday seeks to jump out of Black Friday's shadow

Folks who don’t care for Black Friday or didn’t spend enough on the busiest shopping day of the year have another option. This is Small Business Saturday, when local merchants and shop owners make their pitch for a share of the holiday buying spree. What started out as a business promotion two years ago has grown into...

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Small Business Saturday: Officials focus on locals

Folks who don’t care for Black Friday or didn’t spend enough on the busiest shopping day of the year have another option. This is Small Business Saturday, when local merchants and shop owners make their pitch for a share of the holiday buying spree. What started out as a business promotion two years ago has grown into...

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Striving For Mass Appeal, Small Business Saturday Touts Community

If the wretched excess of Black Friday has any benefit beyond the ritual of communal consumption, it is as a launching pad for days that are Not Black Friday. Opponents celebrate Buy Nothing Friday, online shoppers have Cyber Monday and environmentalists have Green Tuesday, all designed to contrast with the mayhem of Black Friday....

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Small Business Saturday: the anti-Black Friday

Don’t want to brave the Black Friday craziness? You can get a head start on your holiday shopping, snag some deals and support local merchants by participating in Small Business Saturday. Nestled between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is focused on promoting small business owners nationwide. Since it...

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