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Small Business Saturday

    November 27, 2017
    Anne-Marie Studer of Grand Forks, looks for Christmas presents Saturday morning on one of her stops to various small businesses in town. (Jesse Trelstad/Grand Forks Herald)
    For towns around the country, Small Business Saturday was a big hit
    I'm not sure who at American Express came up with the idea of Small Business Saturday but that person definitely deserves a raise. In the seven...
    business/retailNovember 27, 2017 - 11:27am
    November 22, 2017
    Pixabay / Special to The Forum
    Black Friday better for retailers, including small stores, than Small Business Saturday
    FARGO—Even for small businesses here, Black Friday could be a better day for sales than Small Business Saturday. That's a main takeaway...
    businessNovember 22, 2017 - 8:04am
    November 24, 2016
    Downtown Dickinson will be clad in plaid for the city's first Plaid Friday, an alternative to Black Friday celebrating small businesses. Photo by Ellie Potter/The Dickinson Press
    Downtown Dickinson will host Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday this weekend
    Downtown Dickinson is gearing up for a busy weekend as local store owners celebrate the city's first Plaid Friday followed by Small Business...
    newsNovember 24, 2016 - 8:32pm
    November 28, 2015
    Out of Town owner and manager Brooke Leno, left, helps employee Chloe Jazvic as she helps a customer and Melissa Moos folds clothing on Friday at the store in the Prairie Hills Mall in Dickinson. (Dustin Monke / The Dickinson Press)
    After a year of plenty, Dickinson’s independent retail businesses prepare for more normal year-end sales
    Holidays can make or break the profit margins of small retail businesses. In Dickinson, the time carries even greater meaning for relatively...
    newsNovember 28, 2015 - 8:39pm
    November 30, 2013
    Dickinson’s downtown comes up big on Small Business Saturday
    With the blanket advertising and door-busting deals offered by major retail chain stores during Black Friday week, local businesses can get lost in the shuffle. During Small Business Saturday — a concept created by American Express four years ago — several Dickinson merchants...
    newsNovember 30, 2013 - 8:54pm
    November 25, 2012
    Dickinson merchants busy on Small Business Saturday
    While it was the big box stores and national chains that dominated the shopping scene on Black Friday, it was the local businesses' turn on Saturday. Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday -- a shopping holiday created in 2010 and sponsored by American...
    business/energy-and-miningNovember 25, 2012 - 12:00am
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