Community strongly supports Small Business Saturday
Published 10:46 am Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Small Business Saturday had more success than it ever has in the area this past weekend. — sUBMITTED
FRANKLIN
Small Business Saturday brought lots of people and money to the many shops in the area. It was such a success, that many businesses said that they were busier on Saturday then they have ever been.
Franklin-Southampton Economic Development Inc. relayed that they had heard a lot of positive feed back from the participating businesses as well.
Mrs. Claus and Santa stopped by Alphabet Soup on Small Business Saturday. — SUBMITTED
“Small Business Saturday was a huge success for local retailers and restaurants throughout the Franklin Southampton community. We are appreciative of the partnership with Real Country 101.7 and The Tidewater News in promoting this event and raising awareness of the importance of shopping local. Throughout the remainder of the holiday season we hope that citizens will place a priority on shopping locally throughout Franklin Southampton. This conscious choice to shop locally can truly make a positive difference in our local economy,” Amanda Jarrett of FSEDI said.
Almost all businesses said that they were busy all throughout the day on Saturday.
Alphabet Soup said,“Saturday went fantastic. People were happy. FSEDI did a fantastic job promoting it.”
The Small Business Saturday Selfie winner is Joy Daigle Book. She took a selfie of her daughter and her shopping at The Cat’s Meow on Saturday. — SUBMITTED
Billy Smith of Smith’s Jewelers said, “It was wonderful. I thought it was promoted really well by the paper, the radio and FSEDI. I thought they all did a wonderful job. We were busy all day long. We are very pleased.”
Mary Morris of Mackans Office Supply and Printing said, “Small Business Saturday was great. Seemed liked a lot of people were downtown. We enjoyed seeing the activity on Main Street. It was a good day for our business.”
Debbie Crowder of The Cat’s Meow added, “It went very well. We had a wonderful day. We had great support from the community and the sales were wonderful.”
Mallory Taylor of FSEDI also talked to some businesses and she said that many of them told her about their experience on Saturday. She said that Ivor Furniture told her they were busy on Friday and Saturday and that Don Ponchos said they were busy all day long on Saturday.
