Small Business Saturday 2018: Who You Can Support In Germantown

GERMANTOWN, MD — Wedged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday — an annual holiday shopping tradition that encourages people to patronize mom-and-pop stores in their area.

American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 as a way to help struggling small businesses rebound from the economic recession.

"What began nine years ago as an effort to support local stores during the holiday shopping season has become the Shop Small movement, bringing together millions of shoppers, small businesses of all kinds, civic leaders and organizations in thousands of towns and cities across the country," said Elizabeth Rutledge, chief marketing officer at American Express. "Shopping small has a significant and positive effect on local communities, and we hope Small Business Saturday will help to amplify that effect during the crucial holiday shopping season. When we spend local, small businesses thrive. And when small businesses thrive, we all thrive."

Since 2010, thousands of stores have joined the movement and helped local businesses during the holiday season. An American Express survey found that U.S. consumers spent an estimated $85 million at local retailers and restaurants since the tradition started.

Here are some Germantown businesses — according to American Express — that you can support on Small Business Saturday:

Dining

• Manginos Pizza — 13015 Wisteria Dr
• Pizza & Steak Stop — 13525 Clopper Rd
• Senor Tequila's Fine Mexican Grill & Bar — 20021 Century Blvd
• PJ's Bar & Grill — 18307 Leaman Farm Rd
• Abi Azteca Grill & Bar — 11514 Middlebrook Rd
• Ni & Wu — 13220 Wisteria Dr

Shopping

• Carpet Rugs Unlimited — 13007 Wisteria Dr
• Seneca Meadows Beer & Wine — 20640 Seneca Meadow Pkwy
• FS Soccer Shop — 13012 Middlebrook Rd
• Butlers Orchard Market — 22222 Davis Mill Rd
• All You Need Is Flowers — 19600 Twinflower Cir
• Regal Gems — 13017 Wisteria Dr

Services

• Love My Car Carwash — 19600 Walter Johnson Rd
• Maisie Dunbar Spa Lounge — 19706 Vaughn Landing Dr
• Ambroto's Tattoo — 13533 Clopper Rd
• Center Cleaners — 19730 Germantown Rd
• Passion Nail Spa — 19847 Century Blvd
• Germantown Auto Spa — 20440 Germantown Rd
• EJ's Hair Mastery — 13013 Wysteria Dr

For more businesses in Germantown, click here.

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