AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 25, 2017, AS “SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.”
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BACKGROUND:
Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and the Small Business Saturday Coalition have asked for the City’s support of Small Business Saturday, the national effort to drive consumers to shop at local, independently-owned businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 25, 2017.
In 2016, more than 650 Mayors and City Officials joined together to support Small Business Saturday. Below are some highlights of last year’s efforts:
• Consumers participating in Small Business Saturday spent a total of $15.4 billion with independent merchants on Small Business Saturday.
• Over 485 organizations joined the Small Business Saturday Coalition.
• More than 112 million consumers shopped at small businesses on Small Business Saturday.
• More than 6,700 Neighborhood Champions around the country rallied local businesses and created events in their communities.
• For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Senate issued a proclamation supporting the day.