Small Business in the US

Small Business Saturday

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In Brief...

Small Business Saturday, however, is a shopping event I can get behind. In a nutshell, Small Business Saturday was created as a way to encourage shopping at locally owned businesses and boost the economy in a given area. For residents of Reno and the Truckee Meadows, that means getting out of the malls and big boxes to spend some of their holiday shopping dollars in stores, shops, and restaurants actually owned by their friends and neighbors. Small Business Saturday is on November 27 after Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It was conceived by American Express as a way to reinvest our money close to home and support the local business community that employs so many of our neighbors and gives each region its unique flavor.

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