Small Business Saturday 2019: Shops Participating In Mooresville

MOORESVILLE, NC — You may not think about it much, but independently owned boutiques, gift shops, mom-and-pop hardware stores, restaurants and the like in Mooresville 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.

Here’s a list of the businesses that have signed up so far for the 2019 event, according to Downtown Mooresville:

• 202 North Main Fine Wines, Spirits and Music Room will be offering mixed case red wine specials. Opening at 2pm with live music at 8:30pm with Matt Stratford.
• D E Turner & Co Hardware will be hosting 'Sample Saturday' from 1-3pm. Samples available for customers to try from: Coddle Creek Farms (Honey and Peanut Butters), Fat Dog Soapworks and Tasty Pickles by Carson.
• Epic Chophouse After a Small Business Saturday full of Christmas shopping at booming local businesses in Downtown Mooresville; Epic Chophouse invites you to join us at our historic building on Main Street. Relax with a festive Pumpkin Spice-tini or a Velvet Elvis from our new fall drink menu. Or enjoy one of our generous pours of wine and bourbon in our cozy bar. Make your small business evening Epic by staying for dinner with a sizzling steak or Alaskan king crab legs. The bar opens at 4pm on Saturday and we start serving dinner at 4:30. Or, in case you shop till you are ready to drop, we'll be open until 11pm, ready to help you celebrate the start of the holiday season and toast all of the small businesses that make this area so great.
• The Faded Farmhouse NC will be open from 9am-6pm on Small Biz Saturday and offering 20% off storewide. Please come see us and start, or finish your Holiday Shopping!
• Four Corners Framing and Gallery will hold their Black Friday/Small Biz Saturday Framing Sale with2 5% off all custom frame orders. Refreshments, pop-ups, specials & more!
• Mooresville Arts will host the Trackside Pottery Sale from 9am-4pm.
• Local potters will be onsite to meet patrons and will have their original pottery pieces for sale. The Galleries will also be full of art with 3 featured artist shows from Marcia Makl (pottery), Natalia Leigh (oil paintings) and PK Donson (photography). Last but not least the Give the Gift of Art Holiday Sale will feature “gift-able” original art and artsy items.
• Nailed It DIY Studio Mooresville is offering 30% off all retail in studio + $10 in “Nailed It Cash” for every $50 gift card purchase + raffle opportunities for a variety of holiday themed Nailed It projects!
• Pinkies On Main Get a $5.00 gift card for yourself with every $25.00 gift card purchased. Offer valid 11/30/19 only
• Urban Grind Roasters - Artisan Coffee Register to win a Small Business Saturday Raffle! Stop in on November 30th for a delicious coffee, tea or pastry (&so much more!) and register for an awesome raffle basket.
• Wagamuffins Dog Boutique Enjoy extended shopping hours from 8AM to 8 PM; as you browse our awesome Made in America collection of handmade and small business made products for your friends and family - especially the 4 legged kind! We’ll be showcasing many of the unique products we have and offering a 15% discount on most items! Come early and grab yourself some coffee and delicious Rene’s Sweet Treats donuts! The first 5 customers to spend $50 get a FREE Wagamuffins Dog Boutique T-Shirt!

Also participating is:

• Cosmic Connection Art and Interests at 121 West Statesville Avenue — Door prizes and light refreshments served. 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Call 704-507-3281 for more information. Great ideas for the holidays and gift wrapping available.

Did we miss anyone in Mooresville? Tell us in the comments or send an email to Kimberly.Johnson@patch.com and we’ll add it to the list.

The list of Small Business Saturday participants is growing, so before you head out to shop. “Shop Small” events include not only sales on things you won’t find at the mall or other shopping venues, but also events that bring the community together.

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.