My name is mike, im in Product Development at comcast. Were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. Good morning from bell light, wisconsin. Coming up on a special Small Business saturday edition of Your Business this restaurant Grocery Store wants to become the Tourist Destination for beloits main street. They need help. Well bring in our Your Business makeover team. Plus, i sit down with linda mcman to talk about how important it is to support your local businesses. And well show you exactly how the money you spend on your local businesses helps the entire community. When it comes to making this Small Business saturday the most profitable ever, we have your
backs. Thats all coming up next on Your Business. Your business is sponsored by American Express. Dont do business without it. Hi there, everyone. Welcome to a very special edition of Your Business. We are here in beloit, wisconsin, as Small Businesses are getting ready for Small Business saturday. Thats the day that come
local. after nine years, small business saturday is now a national movement. motivating independent community businesses to develop innovative ways to get consumers away from the malls and on to main streets and locally-run ecommerce sites. that push has business owners thinking out of the box. we are going to give away to all customers who spend $50 or month a $25 holiday surprise bag. this small business saturday we re going to be having factory reps coming in to demonstrate and food tastings, which people love. it s fun to come in and taste something good on small business saturday and gets people in the mood for the holiday gift giving season. over these past nine years small business saturday has spurred a shop local movement that has helped businesses get customers to understand that when you spend local, your money stays local. in arizona, a state-wide 10%
gives customers a 5% discount. it behooves you to spend it in the community after someone has spent it at your store. it s a way to pay for your dinner out, for your staff party. it s a way to pay for maybe office supplies or something if it s a local business that accepts them. as the town gears up for one last holiday season before construction begins, the merchants on main street are starting to plan for small business saturday. this small business saturday, we ll have factory reps coming in to demonstrate. we ll have food tastings which people love. it s fun to come in and taste something good on small business saturday. it gets people in the mood for holiday gift giving season. we ll probably do cider and wine in addition to a 10% discount and with area merchants banding together and offering these types of things, it really becomes the black friday for small businesses. with such a dynamic and supportive community, merchants like jennifer vanzant and brook
customers who use them a 5% discount. it behooves you to go ahead and spend it in the community after somebody has spent it in your store. it s a way to pay for your dinner out, your staff party, a way to pay for maybe office supplies or something if it s a local business that accepts them. as the town gears up for one last holiday season before construction begins, the merchants on main street are starting to plan for small business saturday. this small business saturday we re going to be having factory reps coming in to demonstrate, also we ll have food tastings, which people love. it s fun to come in and taste something good on small business saturday, and it gets people in the mood for the holiday gift giving season. we will probably do cider and wine in addition to a 10% discount and merchants banning together and offering these types of things, it really becomes the black friday for small businesses. with such a dynamic and supportive community, merchants