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Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday Kickoff a Big Shopping Weekend

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The initiative’s Facebook page generated more than 2.6 million likes, an increase from 1.2 million last year.   American Express offered its card members a $25 credit for any $25 or more spent at qualifying small businesses nationwide.

Millions of consumers made it a point to shop locally in support of small, independently owned local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and invigorate neighborhoods.  The initiative was created in response to small business owners’ most pressing need: more demand for their products and services.  Many found it a welcome reprieve from the Midnight Madness that large retailers created by opening at 12:00 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving. 

President Obama, who has made small business growth a priority of his administration, led by example and shopped locally.  The President and his daughters visited a bookstore in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood and made their purchases on Small Business Saturday. 

In New Jersey, Governor Christie threw his weight behind Small Business Saturday, citing that “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. More than one-third of the state’s workforce is employed in businesses of 50 or fewer employees, and they are the engines of the state’s ongoing economic recovery.”  Many New Jersey-based small businesses still recovering from damage caused by Hurricane Irene and lost power during the October snow storm can benefit from a concerted effort to support local merchants.

Retailers should be cautiously optimistic about the initial holiday rush.  This year Thanksgiving fell on the 24th of November, which left a full 30 days of shopping before Christmas.  Cyber Monday provides a third boost during the initial weekend of the 2011 holiday shopping season.  The key will be whether the spending continues through December.

A strong fourth quarter could be exactly what the U.S. needs for a full-fledged recovery to occur.  Increased consumer demand is what small businesses need to grow.  Since they create the majority of new jobs in the economy, we have experienced what could be a positive start for the days, weeks and months ahead.

Rohit Arora is co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit (www.biz2credit.com), an online resource that connects 6 million small business owners with 450 lenders, credit rating agencies and service providers such as CPAs and attorneys via its Internet platform.  Since 2007, Biz2Credit has secured more than $500 million in funding for small businesses in New Jersey and across the U.S.

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