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Survey: Businesses prefer regional buy-local campaign
TidewaterBizThe Retail Alliance is moving forward with the development of a buy-local campaign after most of the businesses it surveyed wanted to move forward on the project. Of the 50 businesses surveyed, 74 percent wanted to continue developing a campaign and...Tags: Sales, Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Business, Elections
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Small toy shops expect bright holiday
Just as Tom and Claudia Towles were opening their second Baltimore toy shop four years ago, the recession hit. The owners of aMuse Toys decided to cut back — not on staff or selling space — but on the number of manufacturers whose products...
Tags: Holidays, Target, Sales, Child Development, Hampden
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Obama adviser hits South Side shops
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama who grew up in Chicago, visited two South Side stores Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide effort to support small businesses during the holiday shopping season. Jarrett stopped by...Tags: Barack Obama, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Valerie Jarrett, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Hinsdale merchants still in the market for holiday shoppers
Spotlights searched the evening sky in Hinsdale, possibly looking for that red-suited man who appeared on time and as expected at the village's annual Christmas Walk, an event that kicks off the holiday season. The spotlights, however, weren't going...
Tags: Holidays, Business, Religious Festivals, Small Businesses
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Newly hired Hagerstown official to focus on current, future health of downtown
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe struggles of operating a successful business in downtown Hagerstown are not a new theme. Numerous longtime businesses have left City Center over the past few years, either for greener pastures outside the downtown or because they could not survive....Tags: Washington, DC, Business, Economic Policy
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday…How about GivingTuesday?
The Religion WorldJon Ostendorff with USA Today writes about charities trying to create a new holiday tradition: #GivingTuesday: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) In the days following Thanksgiving, there's already Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday to kick off... -
Local shop owners rejoice over 'Small Business Saturday'
As the Black Friday madness wore off, shoppers of a different kind got out to support their small, local businesses Saturday. "Small Business Saturday" has become a tradition nationwide, growing in popularity thanks to the efforts of local businesses, as...Tags: Business, Small Businesses
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Consumer spending? Way too much
Pretzels, tattoos, and gambling can save the U.S. economy. In "By the Numbers: How Americans Spend Their Money," Lucas Reilly reports that in 2011, Americans spent trillions shopping for all sorts of sine qua nons: $550 million on pretzels, $96 billion on...Tags: Tattoo Removal, Credit and Debt, Government, George W. Bush, Finance
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The Crowd: Puttin' on the Ritz for Chapman
The classy Christmas at the Ritz holiday luncheon Saturday benefiting Chapman University attracted a sold-out crowd, raising nearly $190,000. The 26th annual celebration is produced by the Women of Chapman support group, this season chaired by the...
Tags: Beau Bridges, Holidays, Arts, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Coming up dry in search for sense in Sandy aid denial
Trying to make sense of the Obama administration denying federal relief to Maryland for the flooding and other damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, and I'm coming up dry. No one besides maybe Grover Norquist would have beefed had Maryland picked up a few...Tags: Holidays, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Ken Ulman, Politics
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On parking tickets, speeding tickets and O'Malley's politics
Nobody asked me but ... if one is urged to support small retailers during the holiday shopping season, one might expect the municipalities in which they are located to take a holiday on parking tickets. Consider what happened to Debbie Bakalich when she...Tags: Holidays, Executive Branch, Andrew Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, Democratic Governors Association
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MAWG supports `Shop and Buy Local'
The Meyersdale Area Watch Group (MAWG) commends this community for its active participation on Nov. 23-24 in “Small Business Saturday,” an event organized by the Meyersdale Area Merchants Association. This event coincided with the American...Tags: Sales, American Express Company, Technology, Business, Science and Technology
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