Six Tips For A Successful Small Business Saturday
NFIB preparing Main Street enterprises for November 25 event
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 14, 2017—The morning after Thanksgiving may be the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but more and more shoppers are bypassing the malls to find unique gifts and support their friends and neighbors on Small Business Saturday.
“If you’re an independent merchant, you can’t afford to skip Small Business Saturday. Last year, shoppers spent $15.4 billion at locally-owned stores and restaurants on Small Business Saturday, which was a 13 percent increase over the previous year,” said Candace Daly, Utah state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, citing statistics from a survey by NFIB and American Express. “It isn't too late for small businesses to make the most of Small Business Saturday,” said Daly, who offered six tips for doing so:
With 350,000 dues-paying members nationwide, including 3,500 in Utah, NFIB is the nation’s largest and leading small-business association. You can follow NFIB on Twitter, NFIB_UT, or on its webpage, www.nfib.com/utah, where you’ll find this news release posted.
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For 74 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America's economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
National Federation of Independent Business/Utah
1296 West 475 South
Farmington, Utah 84025
801-599-8519
www.nfib.com/utah
Twitter: @NFIB_UT
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Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look as Associates Prepare for
Busiest Shopping Days of the Year
With Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shopping just around the corner, JCPenney is preparing for one of the biggest shopping events of the year. We invite media to visit stores to get a behind-the-scenes preview of JCPenney’s most exciting Black Friday event ever. We look forward to working with you on live segments, in-store interviews, trend stories and more.
WHEN:
Store preparations (Nov. 14 – 22)
- OR -
Book now to secure access on Thanksgiving Day opening at 2 p.m.
WHERE:
Local JCPenney stores. (Visit jcp.com and click “find a store” for nearest location.)
STORY ELEMENTS:
· Interview a local General Manager about how associates are preparing for Black Friday
· Interview customers to find out their shopping plans for Black Friday
· Showcase associates inside the stock room, hanging store signage and unloading merchandise from delivery trucks
· Popular Black Friday deals include exciting offers such as:
o $1.99 Mixit touch tech or fluffy gloves
o $2.99 Home Expressions 100% cotton towel
o $4.99 JoJo Siwa hair bows
o $7.99 Cooks kitchen electrics (after $12 mail in rebate)
o $9 Women’s St. John’s Bay cable sweater with matching $5 St. John’s Bark dog sweater
o $14.99 wet brush and mini flat iron set
o $15 and under beauty product deals from Sephora inside JCPenney
o $19.99 boots for her
o $20 1/10 CT. T.W. diamond studs or pendants in Sterling Silver
o $23.09-$39.99 Girls’ collectibles Num Noms and Hatchimals
o $39.99 iLive voice activated concierge wireless speaker with Amazon Alexa or $79.99 Google Home smart speaker and home assistant
o $59.99 Keurig (after $20 mail in rebate) K55 brewer or Nutribullet
o $199.99 Playstation 4 1 TB console
o $279.99 KitchenAid Artisan 5-qt. stand mixer (after $60 mail in rebate)
o $499.99 Samsung 55” class ultra HD 4K smart TV 54.6” diagonal screen
o $995 Samsung 26 cu. ft. 3-door french-door refrigerator
If you are unable to visit a JCPenney store, download Holiday store b-roll here: http://www.jcpnewsroom.com/videos-broll.html
HOW:
Contact: JCPenney Corporate Communications & Public Relations
972-431-3400 or jcpnews@jcp.com
Visit jcpnewsroom.com, the Company Blog or follow @jcpnews on Twitter for the latest announcements, images, and Company information.
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With the average holiday spending in 2017 expected to reach more than $967, an increase of 3.4 percent since 2016 and more than 20 percent over the past two years, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2017 Holiday Budgets by City report as well as its free tool that calculates personalized holiday budgets for all WalletHub members between now and Dec. 25.
To help consumers avoid post-holiday regret, WalletHub’s analysts used several key metrics, such as income, age and savings-to-monthly expenses ratio, to estimate the maximum spending amounts for consumers in each of 570 U.S. cities.
The following are some highlights from the report:
Cities with the Biggest Holiday Budgets
1
Naperville, IL ($2,381)
11
Cary, NC ($2,027)
2
Sugar Land, TX ($2,368)
12
Troy, MI ($1,966)
3
Bellevue, WA ($2,367)
13
San Ramon, CA ($1,916)
4
Sunnyvale, CA ($2,360)
14
Ellicott City, MD ($1,905)
5
Carmel, IN ($2,330)
15
Mountain View, CA ($1,841)
6
Milpitas, CA ($2,262)
16
Flower Mound, TX ($1,825)
7
League City, TX ($2,225)
17
Pleasanton, CA ($1,806)
8
Maple Grove, MN ($2,221)
18
Newton, MA ($1,781)
9
Allen, TX ($2,163)
19
Frisco, TX ($1,740)
10
Columbia, MD ($2,032)
20
Arlington, VA ($1,736)
Key Stats
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/holiday-budgets-by-city/16912/
