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Small Business Saturday

Shop.org's Cyber Monday Website (credit: CBS 2)

Experts Estimate $1.5 Billion In Sales On Cyber Monday

Americans clicked away for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.

2012/11/26

Cash register (credit: CBS 2)

Local Retailers Get A Boost From Small Business Saturday

In advance on Small Business Saturday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the formation of a grant program designed to help small merchants who are critical to the local economies.

2012/11/25

Cuban Crocodile

Sandy-Ravaged Shops Hope For Boost On Small Business Saturday

Black Friday was the big day for major retailers, but Saturday is all about the mom and pop stores.

2012/11/24

Receding floodwaters from Sandy in Hoboken - Nov. 1, 2012 (credit: David Wachs)

N.J. Mom-And-Pops Gearing Up For National Small Business Saturday

If you want to skip the mega-malls and big department stores, think small. Local mom-and-pop shops also have holiday deals.

2012/11/23

Babylon Small Business (credit: CBS 2)

Local Store Owners Hope To Bounce Back From Effects Of Sandy On ‘Small Business Saturday’

In Babylon on Long Island, small shops are feeling the strain from two weeks of lost sales, storm-damaged products and buildings and customers dealing with personal crises and fewer discretionary dollars.

2012/11/20

Shopping bags

Small Business Saturday Launched To Spur Sales

In an effort help boost sales for independent merchants, New York launched Small Business Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday — two of the busiest shopping days of the year.

2010/11/27

Kenneth Chenault, CEO of American Express, right, speaks while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens during a news conference in New York, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. American Express and Bloomberg are trying to spur business for small businesses by launching a program called "Small Business Saturday" to fall in between the better known shopping days of "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday". (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mayor Bloomberg Promotes ‘Small Business Saturday’

Bloomberg said small businesses are the glue that holds communities together.

2010/11/08

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