Reasons to Love Small Business Saturday

Stripe—one small local biz, many names crossed off by holiday shoppers. Photo by Chip Scheuer.

Smack in between “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday,” “Small Business Saturday,” on Nov. 26, promotes the locavore’s alternative to America’s holiday shopping spree. American Express created the national event in hopes of shifting consumer spending toward small businesses—you know, the ones President Obama called “the backbone of our nation’s economy” in 2008.

Continue Reading →