Welcome to Schim this.

We're doing something a little different with this week's show and thought we'd actually

talk about something that's probably on your mind today.

Shopping.

That's because, as we all know, Black Friday is officially the start of shopping season.

Except, isn't really still the start date when there have been sales for weeks already?

Are there really any deals left to find?

It's not a Black Friday so much anymore, but more a whole long month leading up or two

months leading up to it.

Regardless of exactly when the holiday shopping season begins, in a pandemic with businesses

hurting after a difficult year, a lot is writing on whether shoppers come through.

Obviously, in 2020, that whole calculation is thrown off out the window just given the

pandemic and social distancing.

So this is really crunch time for retail.

Big retailers like Amazon and Target are probably going to do pretty well this year.

It is there a way we can still shop and support small businesses if we're not physically going

into stores.

I'm a small business owner who happens to be a Black woman and it is vitally important

to me and my fellow entrepreneurs that people patronize us otherwise our businesses won't

flourish.

Alright, this is Black Friday Schimmed.

Let's do this.

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