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Shop Summit and Keep It Local on Saturday

The SBA calls Nov. 30 'a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities.' We call it a shout-out to the mom-and-pops.

Written by Jason Koestenblatt

Big name national retailers take the spotlight on Black Friday as their deep price cuts pull in shoppers in droves.

What about those mom-and-pop businesses in Summit and beyond that are the backbone of the U.S. economy? Just when do they get their day?

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That was the question that led to the 2010 birth of Small Business Saturday.

Small Business Saturday is “a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities,” the U.S. Small Business Administration explains on its website.

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American Express gets the credit for founding the shopping holiday, which got its official start on Nov. 27, 2010, according to the Small Business Saturday Facebook page. Celebrating its fourth year this Saturday, Nov. 30, the event consistently attracts more than 100 million people.

Locally owned businesses across the country now take part in Small Business Saturday, offering their own deals to rival those offered the day before on Black Friday.

In Summit, many businesses are participating in the effort, according to the American Express Small Business Saturday website. Entering your zip code into the site's search box will give you a list of AMEX-accepting SBS participants, each hopeful that shoppers will be eager to keep it local this weekend.


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