November 28, 2020

It was a day for herbs, vintage goods and spices in West Palm’s funky alt-neighborhood.

Liz Balmaseda

| Palm Beach Post

The aromas of Christmas spices wafted throughout Will Davis’ vintage goods shop in Northwood Village on Saturday and the sounds of José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” confirmed the holiday vibe.

But on Small Business Saturday in this eclectic West Palm Beach district, the holiday spirit inside Davis’ Day by Day Shoppe carried an urgent wish — that the shop and its entrepreneurial neighbors survive the pandemic’s economic blows.

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“We could be better. Thank God we are not worse,” said Davis, who in addition to owning the shop on Northwood Road serves as president of the Northwood Village Merchants Association.

He admits that even in pre-pandemic times he would describe the long-emerging district always “being on life support.” This was strikingly true after the 2008 recession, he recalls.

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University researchers recommend 3-week shutdown, mask order

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PHOENIX (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak’s current surge will present Arizona with a hospital crisis that could become a disaster unless the state takes steps such as ordering a three-week stay-home shutdown and implementing a statewide mask mandate, university researchers said.

Without such steps, “it would be akin to facing a major forest fire without evacuation orders,” members of the COVID Modeling Team at the University of Arizona said in a letter Friday to the state Department of Health Services. The team has tracked the outbreak since last spring.

Other steps recommended by the team include providing economic aid to affected small businesses and families and preventing evictions and foreclosures.

Many local governments have imposed mask mandates since Gov. Doug Ducey last summer lifted a prohibition on such orders. The local mandates cover an estimated 90% of the state’s population but enforcement is lax or non-existent in some places. A

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Plan would turn Idaho Falls drive-in theatre into RV resort

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Published 2:14 p.m. MT Nov. 28, 2020 | Updated 2:17 p.m. MT Nov. 28, 2020

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho business owner has announced plans to transform a former drive-in movie theatre in Idaho Falls into a recreational vehicle resort catering to short-term rentals.

Zach Teichert purchased the former Sky Vu Theatre and expects it to reopen as a RV resort by late 2021, the Post Register reported.

“Each spot will be paved and most will be larger pull-through sites. We will have a general store, bathrooms, laundry room, and pickleball courts for our guests,” Teichert said. “It’s close to the I-15 and that area is continuing to be developed.”

Teichert noted that Idaho Falls is the last major town on the way to Yellowstone and Jackson, Wyoming.

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Black Friday sees record online as US shoppers stay home

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Shoppers pass an Indigo Friday 40% Off sign Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, on Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district.

Shoppers pass an Indigo Friday 40% Off sign Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, on Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district.

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Shoppers pass an Indigo Friday 40% Off sign Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, on Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district.

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Black Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real ones.

Consumers spent an estimated $9 billion on U.S. retail websites on Black Friday, according to Adobe

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Small Business Saturday helps keep holiday shopping local

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WORCESTER – Local business owners say there’s a connection made when someone shops at a local business that can’t be replicated on the massive scale of a big-box store or a national chain.

a group of people standing in front of a store window: WORCESTER - Masked shoppers fill the interior of The Haberdash on Small Business Saturday, November 28, 2020.

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WORCESTER – Masked shoppers fill the interior of The Haberdash on Small Business Saturday, November 28, 2020.

So on Small Business Saturday, local shops, including many that have been hanging on by a thread during the COVID-19 pandemic, said they are welcoming a renewed push for people to “shop small” and patronize local businesses this holiday season.

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“Small businesses only exist to provide you with something special,” Amanda Setaro, owner of Sweet Jane’s Designer Consignment on Main Street, said in an interview Saturday. “It’s only because we love you. It’s important to love us back.”

Created a decade ago by American Express, Small Business Saturday has grown to become an integral

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Twin Cities-based small-business counselors look beyond 2020 challenges

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Alfredo Martel in a suit standing in front of a sign: Meda Chief Executive Alfredo Martel is corralling capital and signing up more volunteers from law, business and accounting to help fund businesses.

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Meda Chief Executive Alfredo Martel is corralling capital and signing up more volunteers from law, business and accounting to help fund businesses.

Meda, the oldest and largest of the Twin Cities nonprofit organizations that counsel and assist minority business owners and entrepreneurs, has put its entire portfolio to work to save businesses hurt by the pandemic and recession.

“We are fully deployed at $23 million,” Alfredo Martel, chief executive of Meda, said in an interview last week.

The Minneapolis-based outfit over the last seven years built its capital and loan portfolio from about $5 million to $23 million.

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Now, it is looking at requests of up to $20 million that cannot be filled, said Martel, who became the top leader last year, and Patrick Pariseau, Meda’s vice president of lending and consulting.

In 2020, Meda has provided technical assistance to 350-plus

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D.C. area businesses get creative for Small Business Saturday

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This year’s Small Business Saturday, an annual shopping holiday meant to support independent and local businesses, comes at a critical time for merchants across the nation. They are nine months into the coronavirus pandemic that has buckled commerce, and now they are staring down a bleak winter bereft of federal relief. More than 160,000 small businesses have closed permanently in the United States since March 1, according to a report released by Yelp, with closures increasing by 23 percent since mid-July.

But where desperation festers, artistry and enterprise can thrive. Tameesha Tucker lost her father in February to a lung disease that she believes grew from an undiagnosed case of covid-19. She started an apothecary business after his death to help other people build their immune systems to better fend off infections.

“It’s an expensive business, but this is something that the community needs right now,” she said Saturday, rotating

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Worcester area shops make the most of Small Business Saturday

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WORCESTER – Local business owners say there’s a connection made when someone shops at a local business that can’t be replicated on the massive scale of a big-box store or a national chain.

Created a decade ago by American Express, Small Business Saturday has grown to become an integral part of most small businesses’ holiday projections. Last year the sales holiday generated $19.6 billion in sales, and 88 million people “shopped small.”

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Small businesses hope for community support to help survive the holiday season

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Local businesses around western Washington hope events like Small Business Saturday will help them survive through the holiday season.

RUSTON, Wash. — Small businesses at the Point Ruston Public Market are hoping events like Small Business Saturday will help them make it through the holidays.

Ashleigh David has owned Purple Peacock in Ruston for 12 years. She works with artists all around the world to create jewelry, home décor and handmade candles.

When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, David had to pivot, start a website and rely on social media to bring traffic to her store.

“Sales have been down a lot this year. We were closed from March 16 to June 6,” explained David. “We’re all just, you know, keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that people this year decide to come and support local small businesses instead of the big box stores or shopping online.”

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Flash-es

Day: November 28, 2020

Shops keep indie dreams alive in Northwood

It was a day for herbs, vintage goods and spices in West Palm’s funky alt-neighborhood.

Plan would turn Idaho Falls drive-in theatre into RV resort

Black Friday sees record online as US shoppers stay home

Small Business Saturday helps keep holiday shopping local

Twin Cities-based small-business counselors look beyond 2020 challenges

D.C. area businesses get creative for Small Business Saturday

Worcester area shops make the most of Small Business Saturday

Small businesses hope for community support to help survive the holiday season