Posts Tagged: holiday shopping

Supporting small businesses

Seeing small businesses stay successful, especially during this economy, makes me happy.  Small businesses are critical to local economies and they also provide products and services unique to the local community that a large company can never do.  As you probably heard all about, this past weekend was American Express’ Small Business Saturday, an event encouraging people to shop at local businesses between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  This interview with fashion designer Maria Cornejo on Style.com was a nice look keeping a business small.

Did you support a small business in your neighborhood this weekend?

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cyber monday is here!

i can’t believe it’s holiday shopping season already!  for those of you searching around for some good cyber monday deals, here are some of my favorite etsy designers who are offering promotions for the shopping day.

- first is andwhatelseisthere, a bangkok based shop, with fashion forward handmade clothes ranging from pants to dresses to bags.  for cyber monday, andwhatelseisthere is offering 10% off every item after paying full price for the first.

- second, is an isreal based shop called Lirola.  Lirola strives to make feminine clothes that are comfortable and flattering.  for cyber monday, the shop is offering free first class shipping.

- and last but not least is Mary Savel, who designs and makes all the garments from an apartment in Brooklyn.  i bought a skirt from this designer earlier this year that i love and am continually excited to see the new designs added to the shop.  Mary Savel is offering free shipping to anywhere in the world on cyber monday.

 

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