Small Business Saturday: Twitter Reacts To Second Annual 'Shop Small' Day

Black Friday may be America's biggest shopping day of the year, but Small Business Saturday is also gaining momentum among the masses.

In its second year running, the Small Business Saturday's Official Facebook page attracted over 2.6 million likes, up from 1.2 million in 2010.

Nestled between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is the day on which American Express offers its card members a $25 credit for any $25 or more spent at qualifying small businesses nationwide.

The shop small movement received an extra boost thanks to Occupy Wall Street's outrage over Black Friday, calling for consumers to boycott chain stores in favor of shopping at small business owned stores. In addition to forming Occupy Black Friday and Don't Occupy Walmart, several OWS chapters also organized protesters across the country the day after Thanksgiving.

In honor of Small Business Saturday, click through the slideshow to see the latest tweets in support of local business.

Comments

[edmundavolio]

08:49 AM on 11/28/2011

Small businesses will thrive only if big businesses create jobs in the US. One sure remedy is to have Congress bar from sale in the US, any product made offshore that is not made with the same tariffs as imposed by Congress on US producers. . Some of the tariffs on US production are a $7.25/hr. min wage (Multis in China pay $1.17/hr.), environmental and safety rules, workers comp deductions, SS and Medicare co-pays, and child labor laws. The only other sure way to return jobs to the US is to have the US return to production laws that existed in the US in the 40’s when there were no laws governing production.

[SDH283]

06:04 AM on 11/27/2011

While you are 'shopping small' do not forget to SWITCH your banking from a big bank to a LOCAL bank or a Credit Union ....

[CynAnne]

10:16 PM on 11/26/2011

Shopped at our local butchers today, then a quick stop by hubby to get the chains for his saws sharpened...and then a cuppa coffee from Starbucks for me on the way home (at least the employees are all from here - that kinda counts, right?)... ;)

[EatMeSF]

08:06 PM on 11/26/2011

I just received my email saying thanks and look for credit within 5 days. Thanks Small Business Saturday for tonight wine.

[JerseyGirl4Obama]

03:40 PM on 11/26/2011

I definitely support Small Business Saturday or small businesses on any day even though quite a few times lately I have had the experience of Small Business jacking up their prices more than is warranted.

[psignspdq]

04:09 PM on 11/26/2011

You've got to watch small business which ship their accounting and other jobs overseas, too. In my town of Olympia the newspaper says The Olympian, but all the accounting jobs are now in India. Don't subscrible to that paper or support businesses which do similar things.

[sunflwer1975]

03:31 PM on 11/26/2011

nice seeing the Village of North Conway, NH up. after 9/11 small businesses suffered greatly.

[Dogma]

04:41 PM on 11/26/2011

Are you saying that is the town in the photo?

NH looks like a nice place, if it is...

[PTAOfficerforObama]

03:30 PM on 11/26/2011

Shopped in St. Albans, VT today. Not a big box store in sight (except the Penny's we passed by)

[docwindprod]

04:44 PM on 11/26/2011

same here (except we're in central VT): why drive to W. Lebanon's or Burlington's box stores and fight the traffic? our local-area merchants are going out of their way to stock what we want and need -- and, if we frequent them year-round, they can afford to keep their prices competitive (esp. if gas remains fairly high). and the local craftspeople are outstanding!

[jozie]

11:14 PM on 11/26/2011

Love St. Albans! Sounds like it hasn't changed in the many years since I used to visit there. Great place to be on Small Biz Saturday.