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lations specialist to tackle the social me-
SHOPPING
Continued from page 29
dia aspect of Small Business Saturday,
Unterreiner said, among other tasks.
“We’re pretty excited about it,” Un-
ness Saturday, including a $10 statement terreiner said. “We’re putting a lot of en-
credit they enroll their card and “spend ergy into it. We think it’s a great thing.”
a $10 or more in a single in-store trans- The Whiteish Chamber of Com-
action at a qualifying small business lo- merce is also on board, chamber busi-
cation on Small Business Saturday,” ac- ness manager Sarah Stewart said, and

cording to the company.
has gotten in touch with its members
In Kalispell, the businesses on Main about the opportunity to be open for a
Street are stocked and ready for the rush of business on Nov. 30.
crowds.
“We deinitely support it and we’ve
Richard Burke, owner at The Book- been promoting it to our members as
shelf, said he appreciated the idea of di- well,” Stewart said.
recting the shopping hordes to their lo- Unterreiner said the Kalispell cham-

cal businesses. When asked how the day ber has been helping businesses of all
has gone in previous years, Burke went kinds prepare for the event, including
right to his accounting ledger.
non-members. He said the chamber has
Finding the Thanksgiving weekend helped businesses from Columbia Falls
with his inger, he smiled.
to Lakeside sign up and use the available
“It was a big deal last year,” Burke resources to promote it.
said. “It worked well; a great day last At the Think Local store in Kalispell,
year.”
Shoppers are relected in the window of the Going to the Sun Gallery in downtown Whiteish.
Janelle Buchanan said Small Business
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Burke said he plans on ofering cus- Saturday is a major day, and it helps pro-
tomers 10 percent of all purchases on “WE DECIDED TO THROW MORE RESOURCES pel the shop from the lean fall months
Small Business Saturday.
into the hopefully robust holiday season.
Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Last year, Small Business Saturday
president Joe Unterreiner said the AT IT THIS YEAR. WE’VE GOT SOMEWHERE was one of its busiest, most-successful
chamber has supported the idea since its days.
inception in 2010, but this year put more BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BUSINESSES SIGNED “It’s a big deal for us,” Buchanan said.

money behind its support.
“We’re so excited.”
“We decided to throw more resourc- UP AND WE’VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF SOCIAL For more information on Small Busi-
es at it this year,” he said. “We’ve got ness Saturday, visit www.americanex-
somewhere between 25 and 30 busi- MEDIA ADVERTISING.” press.com/us/small-business/Shop-
nesses signed up and we’ve been doing a Joe Unterreiner
Small or follow the movement’s Face-
lot of social media advertising.”
book page.
The chamber also hired a public re-
[email protected]

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