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Not Another Black Friday Deal – Shop Local and Support Small Business Saturday
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Not Another Black Friday Deal – Shop Local and Support Small Business Saturday

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Wilko van de Kamp
Nov 25, 2022
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As much fun (or not) Black Friday shopping can be, most of the offers I’ve seen are from big corporations who compete on price alone to win over a few extra customers. Someone once told me, “if you live by price, you die by price”. Small business owners shouldn’t join this race to the bottom, and instead, offer value where big corporations cannot.

Support Local?

We all talk about “supporting local”, but I’m still seeing instances where (for example) a picture frame is priced higher than the artwork within the frame. If you think you’re supporting a local artist by buying the cheap print inside the more expensive mass-produced frame, you’re doing it wrong. Both as a buyer as well as the artist/business owner selling their work…

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