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The Rock County Mega Sale takes place this Saturday, February 18th at the Craig Center on the Rock County Fair Grounds from 8am-3pm. Admission is free. Parking is free as well. The Rock County Mega Sale is more than simply a flea market. The one day event this Saturday at the Rock County Fairgrounds' Craig Center is also crafters/DIYers/artists and direct product sales, all a passion for the event's coordinator, Deanna Sorenson. Deanna has been at the helm of the Mega Sale since 2018 when she took it over from Paige Fisher. Fisher had started the Rock County Mega Sale with a few vendors in a garage but moved it to a larger space as the event got bigger and bigger.
November 26th this year is that much needed counter weight to "Black Friday," that big box media blitz, and videos of shoppers behaving badly we endure during the holiday season. From Grants Pass, Oregon to Vermillion, Ohio towns across the U.S. recognize small businesses are the community glue, the essential economic heft of the their entire existence.
In 2010, credit card company, American Express created Small Business Saturday® to encourage people to do their holiday shopping at small businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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Vintage Shop Hop Brings In Visitors To Small Towns Across Wisconsin and Needed Sales For Small Mom And Pop Retail
A self-guided tour through the countryside of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, 167 towns and over 400 locally owned stores? Sounds like the perfect girlfriends getaway. Vintage Shop Hop is for shopaholics and fervent boosters of small business. "This event has become for many their biggest selling weekend. It's an economic 'shot in the arm' for these small shops," says Ann Campos, founder and event producer of Vintage Shop Hop or VSH for short.
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