Shop Small Business Saturday

 

Badge courtesy of Melissa at Bubby and Bean

Today is Small Business Saturday.  Today we encourage each other to shop and promote small businesses around the country.  Black Friday and Cyber Monday tend to concentrate on the larger big box stores and online retailers.  As you are out doing your holiday shopping, remember your small, local businesses.  They help our local communities thrive as well.  Let's also remember that, in history, most of these big box retailers began as small businesses.  While you're there, ask about their Made in the USA products.

Happy Shopping and, as always, be safe!

Karina

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Small Business Saturday Challenge

 

Support your favorite small business.  Today is Small Business Saturday®, a day to celebrate and support the local small businesses that boost the economy and invigorate neighborhoods across the country.  I encourage everyone to Shop Small® today. 

Many small businesses are having special offers today so go in and take advantage.

To learn more, visit ShopSmall.com.  You can also find out where to shop.

There are many small businesses on the Shop! page on this blog, so stop by there as well.

Here are some more fun facts in case you want to know the definition of a small business.  This is a link to the SBA's (U.S. Small Business Administration) website.  Not quite what I pictured for a Mom 'n Pop shop.

Are you up for a challenge?  Here's the challenge: When you visit your local small businesses, ask them where their Made in the USA products are.  Start a conversation about it.  Let's also see how many local, small businesses are supporting our U.S. manufacturers.  We create jobs when we create a demand.  Please come back and let me know what you found out.  Be safe.

Karina
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Guess Who Joined American Made Awareness?

I just happened to be flipping through channels last night and saw a show that mentioned American Made.  My ears perked up right away.  Commercial break was over.  Who comes on?  Martha Stewart!  Ms. Stewart founded American Made, which honors America's small businesses who make products in the USA.  The list of honorees includes companies doing very impressive things.  Click on the link above to meet them.  The following are a few Tweets about American Made:
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"Manufacturing went where labor was cheap and plentiful...it went elsewhere" @MarthaStewart on what went wrong with economy. #CNN live 

 

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"I think it's just the right time to encourage small business..." @MarthaStewart on her new project #AmericanMade

 

Knowing that someone as accomplished as Martha Stewart is joining in the campaign to honoring companies who make their products in the USA gives hope that the climate is changing.  OR does it?  I randomly chose some items from the Martha Stewart Collection.  Here were some of the results.

 

1) A natural beauty! This Martha Stewart Collection Matin decorative pillow exudes understated elegance with a hemstitch design of muted leaves. Zipper closure.

• Cotton; polyester fill. Embroidery: polyester.
• Machine washable
• Imported
• Dimensions: 12" x 24"
• Pillow comes stuffed

2)  Bold design and uncompromising quality make the Lisbon square dinner plate easy to love. Embrace the modern shape or mix and match with equally fresh but round Lisbon dinnerware, also by Martha Stewart Collection.

• Porcelain
• Dishwasher and microwave safe; oven safe up to 350 degrees
• Imported
• Dimension: 11"

Ok.  Enough of those.  To be fair, I did a search of "Martha Stewart Made in the USA."  Here are some items that are made in the USA with the Martha Stewart name on them. 

Climates are changing.  Awareness brings about change.  Thank you to Martha Stewart for bringing to light this very important topic. 


Karina
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