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GMA Gift Shop Opens

Gadsen, AL - When Rebecca Duke interviewed for the position of curator at the Gadsden Museum of Art, she was surprised to find the museum didn’t have a gift shop. She pledged to start one... more »

Merchants: ‘Shop Small’ Campaign a Success

Johnstown, PA - lack Friday, with its frigid, early morning lines and eye-catching doorbusters, is the same every year. The underlying themes are “save big, shop big.”This year, more consumers than ever before chose to... more »

Savannah’s Small Businesses Boosted by Shopping Holiday

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... more »

‘Shop Small’ Effort Helps Main Street Retailers

Newark, DE - During times when the University of Delaware is closed, Newark tends to be quiet. But on Saturday, even with students home for Thanksgiving break, Main Street was bustling as eager shoppers like... more »

The Sweetest Catch on the Wharf

Monterey, CA - One man’s sticky situation is another’s sweet deal. Just ask Rick Elves, who’s been running Carousel Candy — that hot pink landmark on Old Fisherman’s Wharf — for 50 years. Elves took... more »

Consumers Shop for Unique Gifts During Small Business Saturday

Carytown, VA - Amy Brown found the perfect gift Saturday for a friend at Ten Thousand Villages in Carytown — an elephant made out of soda pop cans.“She loves elephants and drinks a lot of... more »

Small Stores Offer Gift Shopping at Less Hectic Pace

Alle-Kiski Valley, PA - At most locally owned retailers, you probably won't find “door-buster” Black Friday discounts for the first customers in the door at 6 a.m.But you likely won't find long lines, frenzied crowds,... more »

‘Small Business Saturday’ Encourages South Jersey Residents to Shop Local

South Jersey, NJ - Small businesses around the southern New Jersey region were spurring some early holiday shopping, as several participated in Small Business Saturday this weekend.Now in its third year, the event was originally... more »

Small-Business Registers Ring as Gift Pursuits Continue

Sarasota, FL - Lynn Archibald has a monopoly on the Sarasota squirrel-underpants market.The owner of the downtown Toy Lab said customers gawk at items like the tiny tighty-whities and other curious collectibles she said can... more »

Downtown Annapolis Toy Shop Provides a Refuge For Retro

Annapolis, MD - The rigid tin wind-up robots wait motionless on the shelf, and the mosaic glass marbles ache for a careless hand to spill them out of their sack.Wooly Willy doesn’t have a hint... more »