Small Business Saturday

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 Small Business Saturday 2024 will be led by the West Covina Chamber. To learn more about how you can get involved, visit the Chamber's website.

 
 Small Business Saturday, started by American Express, is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving and is designed to promote and support small businesses throughout the United States. Small Business Saturday not only seeks participation from small businesses to help promote them, it also encourages residents to "shop local" and "shop small".  The City of West Covina understands the important contributions our local small businesses make to our community. Therefore, we would like to help raise awareness about the importance of supporting small businesses and help promote West Covina small businesses through the West Covina Small Business Saturday program.

 


How to Get Involved:

With the holidays coming up, what better way to support your local community and get your shopping done than to shop local and shop small!

The City of West Covina understands the important contributions our local small businesses make to our community. This is the perfect time, as a business, to garner support from the local community. Therefore, we would like to help raise awareness about the importance of supporting small businesses and help promote West Covina small businesses. If you are a West Covina small business owner and would like to participate, the City will:

  • Promote Small Business Saturday on the City’s social media accounts
  • List your business on the City’s website as a participant of Small Business Saturday
  • Provide promotional merchandises, courtesy of American Express (supplies are limited and will be provided on a first come served bases)

In order to participate with the City, for Small Business Saturday, you must commit to a Small Business Saturday promotional plan. Do you plan on having giveaways? Doing raffle prizes? Providing discounts? Posting Small Business Saturday on social media? Etc. The City can work with you to develop a promotion plan for your business and ideas on how to develop an event that best works for your business. If you would like to participate, please fill out the participation form. Once completed, please email Karen Ko the form at kko@westcovina.org. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Ko at (626) 939-8417. The last day to participate is Thursday, November 16, 2023.

In addition to sharing your promotions, you can submit a 15 second video to us and we will post the video on our social media. See details on how to submit on the participation form. Video must be sent by Wednesday, November 15, 2023, for review. *Please note that the video will only be published if it follows city policy. Click here for the City's Advertisement and Sponsorship Policy.

Please contact business for questions regarding their promotion.

To search for additional small businesses, please visit American Express

Lastly, support our local small businesses by sharing about Small Business Saturday and spread the word!

  • Repost City of West Covina’s Small Business Saturday post
    • Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X (@westcovinacity)
  • Take photos and post when patronizing small businesses
  • Make sure to share using hashtags"#shopsmall","#smallbizsat" and“#westcovinacity!”

SHOP SMALL. SHOP LOCAL. SHOP WEST COVINA!

For more information about Small Business Saturday please visit the American Express Shop Small

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