Recent data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses shows 65 per cent of small retail businesses expect that they will lose sales to big businesses and online giants over the Black Friday shopping weekend.
In Fergus, small businesses weren’t shocked by the figure, but did urge residents to put their dollars toward local shops this weekend and throughout the holidays.
CICW The Grand at 101 spoke with three small business owners on the eve of Black Friday — Tammy Paetkau of Studio Boutique, Kim Jefferson of Joanie’s Crafts, Gifts and Stained-Glass Supplies and Tony DeLuca, manager at Local Pieces Gallery.
Black Friday weekend leads into Small Business Saturday and Cyber-Monday.
