Small Business Saturday 2019: Warren Locations

WARREN, NJ — You may not think about it much, but independently owned boutiques, gift shops, mom-and-pop hardware stores, restaurants and the like in Warren are fighting for survival against malls, big box stores and online retailers.

Small Business Saturday, held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, was created to give them a boost and help level the field of competition. This year, the 10th anniversary of the "Shop Small" movement, the all-local shopping event falls on Nov. 30.

Here’s a list of the businesses in Warren that have signed up so far:

• Warrenville Hardware
• Turf 'N Surf Burger Grill
• Country Squire Restaurant
• Uproot Restaurant
• Panatieri's Pizza & Pasta
• Alfie's Ristorante
• Lukas Seafood & Grill
• Aroma Restaurant
• Pis Sushi House
• Ciro's Pizza & Deli
• Warren Deli & Grill
• Wine Central's 10 Below
• Ye's Asian Bistro
• Nuray's Cafe
• Springfield Wine & Spirit
• Krausers Food Store
• Shedlock Auto Care
• Nuray's Cafe
• Onyx Yoga Studio
• Four Brothers Breakfast
• Racquets Club Of Warren
• Kreations By Anne
• Amaz Lash Warren
• Prezzo Italian Restaurant
• Spice Isle
• New Natural Dry Cleaners
• New Glamour Day Spa
• Horizon Group USA
• King George Plumbing
• Beautiful Salon
• Amarco Products
• Hannahs Blue Star Cleaners
• Caruso Thompson
• Shimalla Wechsler Lepp Donofri
• Earth Paint & Fire II
• Just For You Nails
• The Bar Method
• Eliminex Pest Control
• Control Point Associates
• Sabines Boutique
• Beveled Edge Framing & Mirror
• Fiorilli Hair Design
• Honor Yoga Warren
• Truesdale Nursery
• Country Squire
• Augulis Law Firm
• Lambariello & Pilato
• Forest Lodge LLC
• Detommaso Law Group
• Paws About
• Allstar MMA Of Warren
• Tru Salon And Spa
• Libase Salon And Spa
• Bohler Engineering
• B I Aero
• Chromis Fiberoptics
• Bellezza Salon & Spa
• K & K Enterprises
• Fitness-Essentials
• Ecm Trailer Repair
• Tuscany Tile
• Farm To Pharm
• The Showcase Magazine
• Fred Astaire
• Arm Carting
• Peter Leib Electrical
• Csl Water Quality
• Trainer Joes
• Hair Extraordinaire
• Whitestone Associates
• Jei Warren Learning Center
• Prosidyan
• Curious Minds
• Warren China City
• Shedlock Motor Cars
• Vantage Specialty Ingredients
• Becky's Salon For Kids
• Global Cabinets
• Shaolin Kung Fu & Tai
• Becky's Salon For Kids

Did we miss anyone in Warren? Tell us in the comments or send an email to alexis.tarrazi@patch.com and we’ll add it to the list.

The list of Small Business Saturday participants is growing, so before you head out to shop. "Shop Small" events include not only sales on things you won’t find at the mall or other shopping venues, but also events that bring the community together.

American Express established Small Business Saturday in 2010 to help local businesses reeling from the Great Recession. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution a year later encouraging businesses in all 50 states to participate in what has morphed into a nationwide “shop small” movement.

This year, the stakes are even higher for small businesses. Rising rents and shifting consumer behavior are causing many small business owners to shutter their shops, according to American Express.

A Shop Small Consumer Impact survey from American Express found that 73 percent of people think empty storefronts are a national issue, and 84 percent agree the increase in empty storefronts and the closing of small, independently owned businesses negatively affects their local communities.

"We recognize the hardships faced by small business owners today and want to inspire people to take notice and Shop Small to support their communities on Small Business Saturday and beyond," Elizabeth Rutledge, chief marketing officer at American Express, said in a news release. "Retail is changing, but local shops are the fabric of our communities, helping them to thrive in the future is part of our brand ethos and backing promise."

Since 2010, local business supporters have spent $103 billion on Small Business Saturday, according to American Express.

But that’s only part of the story. For every dollar spent at a U.S. small business, approximately 67 cents stays in the local community — and it helps independent shops and restaurants keep their doors open and meet pay their workers, your neighbors.

That amounts to about $67 billion that has stayed in local communities since Small Business Saturday began, according to American Express.

The American Express survey showed that when consumers are aware of the impact of spending their dollars locally, 75 percent said they would be more likely to purchase a product or service from small, independently owned businesses.

Shopping small isn’t just a Thanksgiving weekend retail event, but a year-long movement, according to American Express, which says it is launching a marketing campaign to make consumers more aware of the impact they can have on their communities when they support local businesses.

"We believe in backing small businesses because we know they strengthen the communities where we live and work," Anna Marrs, president of Global Commercial Services at American Express, said in the news release.

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