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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: Politics, Elections, Business, Sales, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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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: Economic Policy, Washington, DC, Business
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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: Science and Technology, Small Businesses, Technology, American Express Company, Business
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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: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Tattoo Removal, Business, Government
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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: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture, Beau Bridges, Education
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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, Religious Festivals, Small Businesses, Business
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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: Mitt Romney, Holidays, Howard County, Federal Hill, 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: Politics, Executive Branch, Democratic Governors Association, Football, Small Businesses
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Important Christmas Shipping Deadlines to Remember
Channel 2 NewsCyber Monday sales online were expected to kick off record numbers for holiday gifts being shipped across the country along with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. The United States Postal Service, Fed-Ex, and UPS said the volume of packages...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, U.S. Postal Service, Cyber Monday, Black Friday (shopping)
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Local Stores Profit from Small Business Saturday
Channel 2 NewsThere was nothing small about this weekend’s Small Business Saturday. Sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, U.S consumers shopped small this year spending billions of dollars in keeping their money local. About 500,000 small...Tags: Holidays, Cyber Monday, Small Businesses, Business, Sales
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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... -
Colder weather, hotter sales: Local merchants report solid holiday weekend
PETOSKEY -- Northern Michigan's recent shot of wintry weather may have felt chilly on the skin, but several local retailers believe the conditions helped to warm up their Thanksgiving holiday weekend sales. David Meyer, co-owner of Meyer Ace Hardware,...
Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Small Businesses, Business, American Express Company, Cross Country Skiing
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