Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
ON SPENDING AND HIRING.
22NEWS IS LIVE AT OUR HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY BUREAU.
BLACK FRIDAY SALES BROKE RECORDS
AND NEW NUMBERS SHOW SMALL
BUSINESS SATURDAY ALSO DID
WELL..
22NEWS REPORTER ANARIDIS
RODRIGUEZ SPOKE TO BUSINESSES IN
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WHO SAY THEY
WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
DESPITE BEING BETWEEN BLACK
FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY, SMALL
BUSINESS SATURDAY'S SALES WERE
BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
THE CONCEPT WAS SIMPLE, SHOP
EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T ABLE TO DO
IT ON SATURDAY HERE I AM DOING
IT TODAY, SO WHEN I HAVE A
CHOICE, I'M GOING TO BE HERE,
DOWNTOWN MANY SHOPPERS STAYED
LOCAL THIS SMALL BUSINESS
EXPECTATIONS AND SPENDING 5.5
BILLION DOLLARS. EASTHAMPTON'S
SALES. KEN ADAMS CREDITS
FACEBOOK FOR DRIVING TRAFFIC
INTO THE APPLIANCE STORE.
ALSO HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE
MOVING TO TOWN AND THEY WERE
REMODELING A HOME HERE IN TOWN
FACEBOOK. ADAMS SAYS LAUNDRY
SELLERS. NORTHAMPTON'S LEFT
ACCESSORY SALES.
SALES AND SERVICE. A LOT OF
PEOPLE COMING IN TO LOOK INTO A
NEW COMPUTER CASE OR CELL PHONE
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC? THE GREATER
EASTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEDIA. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION
OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES SAYS
THIS TYPE OF INCREASED AWARENESS
SALES.
THAT ONE THERE WAS ALL OVER
FACEBOOK FOR WEEKS THEY DID A
GREAT JOB.
SALES WERE WELCOME NEWS.
ESPECIALLY AFTER A RECENT SURVEY
BUSINESS OWNERS WERE DOUBTFUL
LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON, ANARIDIS
RODRIGUEZ, 22NEWS.