Small Business Saturday by The Numbers

THE SMALL BIZ EFFECT: Shopping Small Creates a Big Impact #primepaysmallbiz (NOTE: The SBA Office of Advocacy defines a small business as an independent business having fewer than 500 employees.) OPEN SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY BY THE NUMBERS 88 MILLION PEOPLE shopped small last year. 14.9% increase in Small There was a Business Saturday shopper traffic in 2014. of the U.S. population is aware of Small Business Saturday. 2/3. More than Social Support 446 companies (PrimePay included) signed up to become official supporters of SmallBizSat. SPONSOR 610,000 EE More than free online tools and materials were accessed by biz owners on ShopSmall.com. ..... On Nov. 29th, 2014 alone, more than 126,000 tweets were sent in support of the initiative. (hashtags used were #SmallBizSat and #ShopSmall) - a 10% increase from 2013. f, The Shop Small official Facebook page has more than BLike 3.3 million ikes: An estimated $14.3 billion was spent at small businesses last year. An increase of 2.1% from 2013 77% of U.S. consumers say Small Business Saturday makes them want to shop small all year long. 71% hop S 94% 94% of U.S. consumers say that shopping at small businesses makes them FEEL GOOD :) 66% OPEN of U.S. consumers say the main reason to patronize small businesses is because they value the contributions they make to their community U.S. small businesses employed 56.1 million of the nation's private workforce in 2012. Let's celebrate them! NOV 28 SHOP SMALL Make a point to shop small this November 28th, 2015. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY 會 WE E PRIMEPAY. SOURCES http://www.marketwatch.com/story/smal- business-saturday-re- sults-Independent-businesses-make-strong-statement-to-start-the-hollday- shopping-season-2014-12-01 primepay.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolelelnbachreyhle/2014/ 12/02/5- mal-business-saurday-2014-stood-stiong-among-communitles-and-smal-businesses/ https://www.amerlcanex press.com/us/smal-business/shop-small/about?linknav-us-open-shopsmall-globalheader-about http://www.business wire.com/news/home/201419006199/en/Small-Businesses- Ready-Drive-Holldzy-Sales-Small#VhUOrexVhHw https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/fles/advocacy/SB%20Profiles%202014-15_0.pdf