Small Business Saturday news and trends

Amex’s Small Business Saturday Bests $100B
Retail // November 26, 2018

On Nov. 24, holiday consumers and small businesses celebrated the ninth annual Small Business Saturday. The event, created by American Express as an offshoot to Black Friday, brought in an estimated $17.8 billion, according to surveys commissioned by the company. This brings the estimated total spending on...

Small Business Saturday Drove 108M Consumers To Shop, Dine Locally
Retail // November 28, 2017

Small Business Saturday drew around 108 million consumers to locally owned restaurants and retail businesses, reported the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and American Express in a joint press release. Citing data from the 2017 “Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey,” the trade group...

Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
Today In Data // November 27, 2017

With the holiday shopping season comes a lot of other factors: purchases made, money spent, items gathered and bills paid off. The Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday sales officially kickoff the holiday spending bonanza, and this year did not disappoint. Today...

Cards, Bank Loans And AltFin Easing SMBs’ Search For Financing
B2B Payments // November 27, 2017

With another Small Business Saturday in the books, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are still kept on their toes by the yearly spike in sales this time of year. For many, that means seeking external financing to fund an increase in business. The latest data...

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Amex’s Small Business Saturday Bests $100B

November 26, 2018
On Nov. 24, holiday consumers and small businesses celebrated the ninth annual Small Business Saturday. The event, created by American Express as an offshoot to Black Friday, brought in an estimated $17.8 billion, according to surveys commissioned by the company. This brings the estimated total spending on the day to $103 billion since 2010, reported Amex. In […]

Small Business Saturday Drove 108M Consumers To Shop, Dine Locally

November 28, 2017
Small Business Saturday drew around 108 million consumers to locally owned restaurants and retail businesses, reported the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and American Express in a joint press...

More Than 112M Shoppers Shopped Small On Small Business Saturday

November 29, 2016
As 112 million consumers “shopped small” this past Saturday (Nov. 26), research said there’s nothing small about this year’s Small Business Saturday promotion numbers. According to the Small Business Saturday...

Etsy Sellers Can Now Accept Apple Pay On The Web

November 22, 2016
Just in time for the holiday shopping spree — including Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday — online selling platform Etsy has announced it now accepts Apple Pay....