Local pol joins merchants in supporting Small Business Saturday
Small business owner Christine Freglette Terzulli of Third Avenue’s Bookmark Shoppe has been helping to keep the literary haven afloat despite the incursion of big box stores like Barnes and Noble for years and, on Saturday, November 29, she’s hoping Small Business Saturday will bring the biggest crowd of the year.
“When you shop small, you make a big difference,” said the local entrepreneur from the Biography section of her bookstore at a press conference hosted by Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis to remind shoppers to shop small this coming Saturday. “It’s so important to shop locally because these small businesses live locally. Our kids go to school here, we shop here, we live, eat and have fun here. It’s our community and the more you spend at your local stores, the more money goes back into your community.”
“Small businesses play an important part in our community because, not only do they keep the vitality of the community but they also create jobs,” said Malliotakis, stressing that, in the days surrounding Thanksgiving, Black Friday and even Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is the last reigning holiday Ridgeites and New Yorkers alike should really be focusing in on. “They hire the neighborhood and that’s really the role of small businesses.”