{"id":1635,"date":"2013-11-08T21:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T21:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.weshipjackson.com\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2022-01-21T20:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T01:06:05","slug":"shop-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/shop-small\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Shop Small Saturday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Small Business Saturday<\/b> is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after\u00a0 <a title=\"Thanksgiving (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving_(United_States)\">US Thanksgiving<\/a> during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year.\u00a0 Conceived by American Express, it is day dedicated to paying special attention to small businesses and their contribution to communities and the economy. \u00a0 It is an effort to support local shops that make our communities strong.\u00a0 <span class=\"no-wrap\">American Express <\/span>launches <span class=\"no-wrap ff-md\">Small Business Saturday<\/span> to encourage people to <span class=\"no-wrap\">Shop Small<\/span> and bring more holiday shopping to small businesses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/image.member.americanexpress.com\/lib\/fe9013727565037a72\/m\/12\/79020_14879sx01_stats_d.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To locate participating JACKSON, MI businesses,\u00a0click here:\u00a0 <a title=\"Find Participating businesses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/small-business\/shop-small\/howtoparticipate#\/shop?extlink=sbs2018_vanity_general_shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Business Saturday Shop Small<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first event was sponsored by American Express.\u00a0 In 2010, the holiday was promoted via a nationwide radio and television.\u00a0 See how one small day has grown into a movement that millions of individuals, businesses, and communities have embraced nationwide\u2014and continue to support each and every day.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">So every time you <a href=\"https:\/\/click.member.americanexpress.com\/?qs=eb6cdeb5e56f622327104beaa6736e89ac71282b4300081f56767852d1d3a37d8b4229d04d2d56b1cf4652c5af7bb15d812558d8999e2287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shop Small<\/a> at your local caf\u00e9, nail salon or dry cleaner, it all adds up for the community.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting local shops &#8211; Locate participating Jackson, MI businesses here.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3572,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/3572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weshipjackson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}