Plan to visit or acknowledge some of your coolest local spots this week. Save our graphics and share on your social media or send to your entrepreneur friends. Post a sign in your business store windows thanking the people who help keep you in business! See below for some fresh new images to download (just click on each to open a larger image and save).
What Is a Mom-and-Pop Establishment? "Mom-and-pop" is a colloquial term used to describe a small, family-owned, or independent business. Mom-and-pop stores are often operations that struggle to compete with more substantial establishments, such as big-box retailers, who generally boast more buying power than smaller players. Mom & Pop Business Owners Day gives us a reason to pause and celebrate the coolest people who make our neighborhoods a unique place to live.
How to celebrate? A tourism bureau or a chamber of commerce department might feature photos of area entrepreneurs in a window display, honor a long-standing family business or ask owners to share their words of wisdom with their community. Business owners could use this day for highlighting company history through the years or spotlight dedicated employees. Think out of the box and create a positive vibe that will last long after the day is over!
About Mom & Pop business owners day ~ "The holiday was created to honor the business that my parents started on March 29th, 1939 in Everett, Massachusetts. It began as a hat shop called Ruth’s, later developing into a woman’s specialty clothing store. After some time they relocated the business to Medford, MA, increasing the store to 10,000 square feet that did over $2 million dollars revenue until it closed in 1997." Source: Rick Segel, son of local "mom and pop" owners.
Let us all pledge to honor the founders of this special occasion, marking the integrity and work ethics which are found in countless retail operations, service companies, restaurants and businesses of all kind all across our nation. Stop into a few locally-owned establishments this week and tell the owner "thank you for having such a unique, pleasant place in our town". I'm sure it would mean the world to them!
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