Dec 2, 2013
Savannah’s Small Businesses Boosted by Shopping HolidayBy Julia RitcheySavannahNow.com

Savannah, GA – t’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for many of Savannah’s small businesses.

Several local merchants reported strong weekend sales, in part due to Small Business Saturday, a shopping holiday aimed at spreading consumer dollars beyond big retail stores on Black Friday.

“Friday was a real blockbuster day,” said Chris Blaker, a store clerk at The Book Lady Bookstore on Liberty Street. Last year, he said, Black Friday was not as busy downtown. “Saturday was good, but I expected it to be busier than Friday. It was switched.”

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Tags: National Federation of Independent Businesses, Small Business Saturday

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