Small Business Saturday 2019: Boulder Participating Businesses

BOULDER, CO — You may not think about it much, but independently owned boutiques, gift shops, mom-and-pop hardware stores, restaurants and the like in Boulder are fighting for survival against malls, big box stores and online retailers.

Small Business Saturday, held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, was created to give them a boost and help level the field of competition. This year, the 10th anniversary of the “Shop Small” movement, the all-local shopping event falls on Nov. 30. in Boulder.

Here’s a list of the businesses that have signed up so far:

• Oak At Fourteenth - 1400 Pearl St
• The Boulder Dushanbe - 1770 13th St
• Illegal Pete's - 1447 Pearl St
• Liquor Mart - 1750 15th St
• Into The Wind Kite Catalog - 1408 Pearl St
• Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant - 2010 16th St
• Backcountry Pizza & Taphouse - 2319 Arapahoe Ave
• Mateo - 1837 Pearl St
• Kilwins Boulder - 1430 Pearl St
• Bliss - 1643 Pearl Street
• Rocket Fizz Boulder - 1441 Pearl Street
• Whole Sol Boulder - 1420 Pearl St
• Pedestrian Shops - 1425 Pearl St
• Pizzeria Locale - 1730 Pearl St
• Dish Gourmet - 1918 Pearl St Ste 100
• Village Coffee Shop - 1605 Folsom St
• Liberty Puzzles - 1468 Pearl St
• Snarfsburger Arapahoe - 2000 Arapahoe Ave
• Rincon Del Sol - 2350 Arapahoe Ave
• Tiffin Wallah - 2416 Arapahoe Ave
• Khow Thai Cafe - 1600 Broadway
• Thrive - 1509 Arapahoe Ave
• The Dragontree - 1521 Pearl St
• Tee Cakes - 1932 14th St
• Boulder University Inn - 1632 Broadway
• Tasuki - 1575 Folsom St
• Tibet Kitchen - 2359 Arapahoe Ave
• Dougs Day Diner - 2400 Arapahoe Ave
• Chelsea - 1646 Pearl St
• Ragstock - 1580 Canyon Blvd
• Momentum - 1625 Pearl St
• Twig Hair Salon - 1831 Pearl Street
• Alchemy Mineral Blends - 2116 Pearl St Apt A
• Folsom Thai - 1575 Folsom St Unit 101
• Kasa - 1468 Pearl St Ste 110
• El Loro Jewelry & Gifts Co - 1416 Pearl St
• Two Sole Sisters - 1703 Pearl St
• Hurdle's Jewelry - 1402 Pearl St
• Barbara & Company - 1505 Pearl St
• Brooklyn Pizzeria - 1647 Arapahoe Ave
• Paradise Found Records & Music, LLC - 1625 Folsom Street
• South Mouth Wings - 1650 Broadway St.
• Boulder General Store - 1401 Walnut St Ste 120
• Haven - 1615 Folsom Street
• Iris Studios Boulder - 1713 Pearl St
• Zuni Fetishes Direct - 1424 Pearl St
• Violette - 1631 Pearl Street
• Color Me Mine - 1938 Pearl St Ste 100
• Paul Morrison Colours - 2015 15th Street
• The Bradley Inn - 2040 16th Street
• Ramble On Pearl - 1638 Pearl St
• Go Far Shop - 2005 Pearl Street
• Massage Specialists - 1640 Broadway
• The Hat Collection - 1500 Pearl St Unit D
• Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti - 1712 Pearl St
• Art & Soul Gallery - 1505 Pearl St Unit 103
• Todd Reed - 2015 Pearl St
• Elegant Tailoring & Alteration - 1575 Folsom St Unit 202
• Angie Star Jewelry - 1807 Pearl St
• Vecchio's - 1833 Pearl St
• Arapahoe Animal Hospital Pc - 1730 15th St
• Red Letter Secondhand Books - 1737 Pearl St
• Fabricate - 2023 17th St
• Art Cleaners Downtown - 1715 15th Street
• Leaf - 2010 16th Street
• Lunieva - 1500 Pearl St Ste B
• Folsom Street Laundry - 1785 Folsom Street
• Lazy J Boulder - 1650 Broadway
• Frasca Food & Wine - 1738 Pearl St
• Jinnys Market - 1400 Walnut St
• Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast - 2151 Arapahoe Avenue
• Hw Home - 1941 Pearl St
• 15th Street Gallery - 1708 15th Street
• Wild West Designs - 1705 14th St
• Tiffanys Nails - 1635 Folsom St
• Top Hat Janitorial Supplies - 1729 Pearl St
• Boulder Bazaar - 1401 Walnut St # 120
• Lonchera Los Paisas - 1750 15th St
• Data Doctors Computer - 1645 Folsom St
• Spot On - 2000 21st St
• Hydrate Iv Bar Boulder - 1655 Folsom Street
• Rage Unlimited - 1715 Pearl St Ste C
• Claw & Talon Tattoo - 1695 Folsom St
• Arabesque - 1634 Walnut St, Ste 101
• Stahly-Operating - 1526 Spruce St Ste 302
• Standard Bike Repair - 1823 Marine St
• Sock Em - Pearl Street - 1468 Pearl St Ste 102
• Experimac Boulder - 1468 Pearl St., 120
• David Moorhead Professional - 1919 14th St Ste 440
• Mcgraw Law - 1495 Canyon Blvd Ste 301
• Andrew Peabody - 2116 Pearl St
• Medium Labs - 1401 Walnut St Ste 40
• Jane Caddell Paddison Pc - 1526 Spruce St Ste 301 Suite 301
• Julie A Jacobs Pc Tr - 1905 15th St Unit 532
• Translingua - 1445 Pearl St Ste 215
• Gloss - 1495 Canyon Blvd
• Board & Brush - 1655 Folsom St
• Conversant Solutions - 1406 Pearl St
• Maxfield Gunning Llp Op - 1738 Pearl St Ste 300
• Denver Cirque Festival - 1505 Pearl St Ste 101

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The list of Small Business Saturday participants is growing. Did we miss anyone in Boulder? Tell us in the comments or send an email to amber.fisher@patch.com and we’ll add it to the list.

American Express established Small Business Saturday in 2010 to help local businesses reeling from the Great Recession. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution a year later encouraging businesses in all 50 states to participate in what has morphed into a nationwide “shop small” movement.

This year, the stakes are even higher for small businesses. Rising rents and shifting consumer behavior are causing many small business owners to shutter their shops, according to American Express.

A Shop Small Consumer Impact survey from American Express found that 73 percent of people think empty storefronts are a national issue, and 84 percent agree the increase in empty storefronts and the closing of small, independently owned businesses negatively affects their local communities.

“We recognize the hardships faced by small business owners today and want to inspire people to take notice and Shop Small to support their communities on Small Business Saturday and beyond,” Elizabeth Rutledge, chief marketing officer at American Express, said in a news release. “Retail is changing, but local shops are the fabric of our communities, helping them to thrive in the future is part of our brand ethos and backing promise.”

Since 2010, local business supporters have spent $103 billion on Small Business Saturday, according to American Express.

But that’s only part of the story. For every dollar spent at a U.S. small business, approximately 67 cents stays in the local community — and it helps independent shops and restaurants keep their doors open and meet pay their workers, your neighbors.

That amounts to about $67 billion that has stayed in local communities since Small Business Saturday began, according to American Express.

The American Express survey showed that when consumers are aware of the impact of spending their dollars locally, 75 percent said they would be more likely to purchase a product or service from small, independently owned businesses.

Shopping small isn’t just a Thanksgiving weekend retail event, but a year-long movement, according to American Express, which says it is launching a marketing campaign to make consumers more aware of the impact they can have on their communities when they support local businesses.

“We believe in backing small businesses because we know they strengthen the communities where we live and work,” Anna Marrs, president of Global Commercial Services at American Express, said in the news release.