Black Friday? Forget it. Crowds, traffic, common merchandise made overseas on sale for a few hours so everyone can fight over it. It’s just too crazy and overboard…and really not the value you once thought. Definitely out.
On the other hand “Small Businesses Saturday” is much more appealing – and a great way to kickoff your holiday season shopping.
First introduced by American Express in 2010, it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and locally owned.
We’ve got plenty of those in Greene County, and if you haven’t been “shopping small” recently, you will be pleasantly surprised at the variety and affordability you’re going to find when you do. Make that discovery on Saturday, November 30th by checking out the unique shops all over Greene County.
If you really want to have fun, just hop from shop to shop. Really… take Waynesburg for example. There’s a specialty gourmet candy shop, there is leading names in jewelry and accessories, plus several antiques and collectibles shops, hand crafted Americana gifts and décor, great deals on brand name fashions for men & women, organic foods, herbals, skin and health care, salons, pet & farm supply stores – all of these wonderful places bringing customers right to downtown Waynesburg!
There’s a custom computer store, a home decorating center, season flag store, and a floral shop that offers some of the country’s best in gourmet foods, indulgent soaps, lotions & candles, Amish crafts and incredible home décor. Oh and speaking of food… Waynesburg offers plenty: sizzlin’ authentic Mexican, enchanting Chinese, kiln to table delicacies, and a craft butcher shop. You’ll find the freshest most delectable deli and home style cooking… It’s ALL right there! 
You’ll have more fun Shopping Small than at the mall when you visit Waynesburg – or any of the other towns in Greene County that feature local businesses, like Carmichaels, Jefferson, and Rogersville. You’ll find better stuff, better deals, and MUCH better service… Try it and see! Shop Small this Saturday, November 30th. Many area merchants are extending hours, offering sales, and refreshments.
Just remember the best reward you’ll receive by Shopping Small any day of the year is the quality of unique merchandise you’ll find, and how much you will be helping your local economy. Because that’s the other thing – when you Shop Small, you spend with local businesses, where your money does a whole lot more work for your community. $100 spent at a local business = $68 in revenue for the local community vs. only $43 when spent at chain stores. Small business provides nearly 70% of all new jobs in our country. Local merchants spend a much larger portion of total revenue on local labor to run the enterprise and sell the merchandise. Non-profit organizations receive on average 350% more support from local businesses than non-locally owned businesses. Better yet, most of the businesses are your friends, your neighbors – what better way to help make their holidays brighter than by shopping at their businesses?
Shop at any advertiser in our Shop Small Saturday section for a chance to be one of 4 lucky winners to receive a $100 gift certificate from your choice of advertiser!
Participating Businesses: Christian W. Klay Winery, Coni & Fran, Defense in Depth, G&H Sporting Goods, Hungarian Smokehouse, Jan’s Tea Shoppe, Lippencott Alpacas, Nanny’s, Ozie’s Sporting Goods, The Perfect Arrangement & Lily Bee’s Pittsburgh Stellar Collectibles, River Fair Trade, Shield’s Winery, Specialty Herbal Products, Sweetie’s Cinnamon House.