What is Small Business Saturday?
As a counterpoint to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday was established in 2010 to encourage customers to shop at local and small businesses.
Small Business Saturday follows Black Friday, which is the informal name for the Friday after Thanksgiving Day that always falls between November 24 and November 30 and marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Despite the fact that this term can mean a variety of things, it is sometimes referred to as Black Saturday in this context as well.
American Express is the owner of the trademark for “Small Business Saturday.”
Small Business Saturday is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in December in the United Kingdom. The campaign, like in the United States, encourages consumers to “shop local” and support local small businesses. See smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com for more details.
Small Business Saturday is a day of shopping for Christmas that begins on Black Friday and includes:
Buy Nothing Day, an international day of protest against consumerism, is held on the same day as Black Friday. Cyber Monday, a marketing term created by online retailers to encourage online shopping, is held on the Monday after Black Friday. Giving Tuesday, an international day of charitable giving, is held the day after Cyber Monday. Super Saturday, also known as Panic Saturday, is the name given to the Saturday before Christmas Eve, which (unofficially) marks the end of the Christmas shopping season. Black Friday is the informal name given to the Friday after Wikipedia: Small Business Saturday
What is Black Friday?
In the United States, Black Friday is now the busiest shopping day of the year for in-store foot traffic. Numerous retailers offer huge limits to captivate customers into stores and get going the shopping season. It is a crucial indicator for the Christmas business and typically the day with the highest annual retail turnover. Although Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday are not officially recognized holidays, many non-retail employees and schools enjoy a four-day weekend that includes the regular weekend.
In addition, the Christmas shopping season that begins on Black Friday includes:
Purchase Nothing Day, a global day of dissent against commercialization, hung around the same time as the biggest shopping day of the year
Private company Saturday, made as a partner to the biggest shopping day of the year and The online Christmas sales extravaganza to urge customers to visit little and neighborhood shops, held the day after the shopping extravaganza following Thanksgiving
The online Christmas sales extravaganza, a promoting term made by online retailers to support web based shopping, hung on the Monday after the shopping extravaganza following Thanksgiving
Giving Tuesday, a worldwide day of beneficent giving, held the day after The Monday following Thanksgiving
Super Saturday (otherwise called Frenzy Saturday), the name given to the Saturday before Christmas Eve which (informally) marks the finish of the Christmas shopping season
By and large, “The biggest shopping day of the year” is utilized as a term for frequently devastating occasions that occurred on a Friday. Check out this list of Black Fridays across time.
Additional reading: On Wikipedia, Black Fridays
What is Buy Nothing Day?
As part of an expanding global anti-consumerism movement, Buy Nothing Day is a global day of protest against excessive consumption and consumerism.
It takes place on the same day as Black Friday, which is the informal name for the Friday after Thanksgiving Day (which always falls on the fourth Thursday in November). Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States and marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It always occurs on or around November 29.
The Christmas shopping season begins on Black Friday with Buy Nothing Day, which includes:
Cyber Monday, a marketing term created by online retailers to encourage online shopping, is held on the Monday following Black Friday. Giving Tuesday, an international day of charitable giving, is held the day after Cyber Monday. Super Saturday, also known as Panic Saturday, is the name given to the Saturday before Christmas Eve, which (unofficially) marks the end of the Christmas shopping season. Small Business Saturday was created as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage shoppers to visit small and local shops. It is held the day after Black Friday. Visit Wikipedia to buy nothing day.
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What is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas shopping season that is held annually on the Tuesday after Black Friday and always falls between November 27 and December 3.
The movement describes itself as a “global generosity movement” whose the aim is to encourage people to “give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity”. In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, an extra Giving Tuesday was held on May 5, 2020.
Giving Tuesday is part of the Christmas shopping season that starts on Black Friday and also encompasses:
Black Friday, the informal name given to the Friday after Thanksgiving (which is always held on the fourth Thursday in November) that marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season
Buy Nothing Day, an international day of protest against consumerism, held on the same day as Black Friday
Small Business Saturday, created as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage shoppers to visit small and local shops, held the day after Black Friday
Cyber Monday, a marketing term created by online retailers to encourage online shopping, held on the Monday after Black Friday
Super Saturday (also known as Panic Saturday), the name given to the Saturday before Christmas Eve which (unofficially) marks the end of the Christmas shopping season
Further reading:
givingtuesday.org, the movement’s website
Giving Tuesday on Wikipedia
