Welcome to our series featuring Unique Holidays: November 26, 2022. Today is Black Friday and when David gets home I will be going out to do some shopping. Even though I believe we should shop more on Saturday and support Small Business Saturday/ Shopping Reminder Day but what Charlie has asked for this year is only at the Big Box Stores.
Small Business Saturday/ Shopping Reminder Day – Saturday after Thanksgiving
Small Business Saturday or Shopping Reminder Day is held each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Small Business Saturday or Shopping Reminder Day is a really important day for our neighborhood retail shops, helping them to get a slice of the holiday market.
Small Business Saturday or Shopping Reminder Day is the much smaller kid brother to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Small Business participate in Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, their efforts are dwarfed by the big, national chains, and monster-sized Amazon. Small businesses do not have the advertising budgets and brand awareness to compete with the big stores on these two mega-shopping days. Sales numbers on these two days can be lower for small businesses, as consumers focus upon the many deals the big stores offer and advertise over every media outlet in existence.
Related Holidays
Black Friday – It’s the biggest shopping day of the year.
Cyber Monday – It’s the biggest online sales day of the year, growing by double digits each year.
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day – This holiday is celebrated in March, during a slow time for retail sales.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
