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Downtown Starkville businesses participate in Small Business Saturday

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Downtown Starkville businesses participate in Small Business Saturday
Downtown Starkville businesses participate in Small Business Saturday
November 28, 2020

Everyone knows about black friday but what about small business saturday?

Our taylor tucker went to starkville to see how some stores are doing this saturday ."

Wtva 9 news as live: black friday is usually a big day for retailers, but some stores in starkville hoped to see a lot of shoppers on this saturday pkg: sot: "well its money back in our city, after going through this covid we need all the help we can get."

Stores on main street in starkville particpated in small bussiness saturday.

It is a national intiative to shop local and break away from mainstream stores.

Owner of dunkington art and jewlrey said so far the turnout has been good.

Sot: "it's been pretty steady, people have been coming out,yesterday was pretty busy aswell, today people are coming in looking for gifts, and really getting motivated to get those gifts done for christmas," brandi herrington - owner of dunkington art and jewelry this year because of the coronavirus, stores had to make adjustments to accomodate the large crowd sot:" we offer instore, curbside and online.

But we have markers on the floor so people remain distanced.

Keep your mask on and we constantly disinfect.

We just want to make sure that we are doing the right thing and encouraging the community to do the right thing as well."

Along with anticapting shoppers, stores communicated to help each other out sot: "we get with a lot of the other retailers downtown and we try to help each other out.

We have a little group me and try to talk everything out and be on the same page.

Pat johnson - owner of occasions tag: over 20 stores participated in today's small business saturday.

Reporting in starkville.

Taylor tucker.

Wtva 9 news.

A very beautiful day out there chelsea..

A very beautiful day out there chelsea..

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