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Small Business Saturday Coverage

Many businesses in downtown Raleigh opened their doors for Small Business Saturday. One store opened his store to allow other businesses to sell their products.

NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> AND GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US RIGHT NOW. I'M MARK BOYLE. AND WHILE BLACK FRIDAY MAY BE THE BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR, IT'S FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DAY THAT TARGETS LOCAL VENDORS. IT'S SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH SURE ARE APPRECIATING THE ADDED FOOT TRAFFIC WRAL'S WILL LEAD AN ALI. JOINING US NOW LIVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW BUSINESS HAS BEEN TODAY. WELL, MARK, WE'RE HERE AT PAUL BARROW IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY SORES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING WHILE ALSO PROMOTING THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES. >> THE GOAL OF SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS TO PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON COMMUNITIES LIKE HERE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, WRAL SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF BLACK FRIDAY MARKET, A STORE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH THAT ALLOWS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS. HE TELLS US VENDORS LOOK FOR TO THIS DAY EVERY YEAR. >> WHEN THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN BECAUSE TOURISTS CAN COME IN, THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE STORES. AND IN A STORY LIKE THIS, WHERE WE'RE AT A BUNCH OF PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES PROVIDES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF EXPERIENCE THINGS THEY WERE IN THE STANDS WHERE THEY'RE FROM. >> SO THIS STORE, PAUL BEARER IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH CLOSES AT 07:00PM. BUT THERE ARE TONS OF OR OTHERS IN THIS AREA THAT CLOSE AROUND 9. SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO KNOCK OUT SOME OF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING. TUNE IN FOR MORE AT 10 11.

Retailers hope for big sales on Small Business Saturday

WRAL News spoke with one store owner that allows other small businesses to sell products from his store. The store owner added many local businesses look forward to the holiday shopping event.

Shoppers head out for Small Business Saturday

Downtown Raleigh

Thousands of visitors came to the North Carolina State Fairgrounds to see what vendors at the market had to offer. Many of those visiting attended as Black Friday shopping starts with Small Business Saturday right around the corner.

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New York (CNN) -- While retail giants like Amazon and Walmart hope for big profits from Black Friday, the less-heralded Small Business Saturday is looking to continue its winning streak for the nearly 32 million small businesses riding a wave of enthusiastic consumer spending and robust government investment.

Why Small Business Saturday is a hit with holiday shoppers

Small business owners gear up for the biggest shopping weekend of the holiday season

Today is Black Friday - and typically, that means long lines and big crowds as people rush to discover great deals on holiday purchases.

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<p>IN FROM THE CLAYTON BYPASS RIGHT NOW. &gt;&gt; HERE'S THE RAIN ON A ROOF RIGHT NOW. BRIAN, THANKS. IT'S BLACK FRIDAY AND OF COURSE, THAT MEANS A HUGE DAY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING. IT CAN LEAD TO SOME CROWDED STORES OUT THERE. SOME LONG LINES. PRETTY MUCH CHAOS AND A LOT OF PLACES AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GET THE BEST DEALS. WHY NOT WR IS LAURA LEVINE IS LIVE AT BEST BUY AT CRABTREE VALLEY MALL. WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR OUT THERE THIS MORNING. LARNE NOT LOOK TOO MUCH CHAOS, RIGHT CONTROLLED. &gt;&gt; JEFF, IT HAS BEEN A VERY CALM STARTED THIS BLACK FRIDAY HERE AT BEST BUY. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN WE'RE NOT SEEING BIG CROWDS AT THE STORE OR LONG SPEAKING WITH A FEW PEOPLE HERE. A LOT OF THEM SHOCKED AND SURPRISED PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN. WALK WITH INTENTION, HAVE THEIR EYES SET ON WHAT THEY WANT AND WALKED OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT RUBBING ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH PEOPLE TO THE REGISTER. NOW WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 4.30, THIS MORNING. THE DOORS OPEN AT 05:00AM WE HAVE VIDEO FROM A SMALL CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO WILL FORM THAT LINE THAT WAS FORMING EARLY THIS MORNING. AGAIN, THE DOORS OPENED AT 05:00AM AND SOME OF THE BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING FOR. HERO ELECTRONICS, RIGHT? TV'S LAPTOPS AND EVERYDAY HOME ESSENTIAL ITEMS THAT THEY CAN USE AS WELL. WE SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT IN HIS CAR FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN SEA TELLS ME HE SAVED UP SOME MONEY SO THAT HE COULD SAVE MONEY ON HOLIDAY SHOPPING. &gt;&gt; THE DEALS ARE BETTER IN PERSON BECAUSE LIKE NOBODY IS IN A REALLY WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GO BUY A TV WITH THESE YEARS LATER AND JUST ON THIS ON THE PHONE. &gt;&gt; SO WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW SURPRISED AND SHOCKED PEOPLE ARE TO SEE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT OF COMING IN STORE BUT BUYING THINGS ONLINE. IN FACT. &gt;&gt; HERE AT BEST BUY, THIS IS THE STAFF OF ONLINE ORDERS. MOST OF THE THINGS YOU SEE HERE ARE TV'S SO PEOPLE MAKING THOSE PURCHASES ONLINE AND THEN COMING JUST TO PICK THEM UP AND LEAVE. &gt;&gt; LAURA LEVINE, WRAL NEWS. WE'RE LIVE IN RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; EXPEDITE THE PROCESS HERE. THE MALL HOURS AROUND OUR AREA TODAY. CRABTREE VALLEY OPENS AT 8 UNTIL 10 TONIGHT STREETS AT SOUTHPOINT IN DURHAM. 99 CROSS</p>