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Small Businesses Thriving This Christmas

206 views · Published 17 December 2012 · 1:43 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato  With Christmas just around the corner, small businesses are asking you to shop local this holiday season.As it turns out, Small Business Saturday was a success for many local businesses throughout Chattanooga.But the boom in business didn't stop there. One business tells NewsChannel9, many more are choosing to shop local than anything.It's a local company, with local employees and local artists."The owner is someone who really appreciates art and she really appreciates handmade and unique things. She kinda wanted to bring that to Chattanooga. She has a really good eye for finding stuff," says Blue Skies' Taylor Hixson.Blue Skies on Chattanooga's Northshore has something for everyone. Julie Traxler is visiting from out of town, but her views of shopping locally sticks from city to city."I could have gone to the mall, but I think that the items they have in this store are unique because they're made my people who live here in the city, local artists," says Traxler.It's safe to say this business is doing pretty well. Because many people, are choosing to shop local."Actually, I had a customer yesterday telling me that everything he's getting is trying to be local. He's doing all local for Christmas. We've been really busy. It's been good," says Hixson.We're guessing free wrapping paper doesn't hurt."It's really exciting and it's fun cause the customers are excited about their gift. They're not just crossing things off the list that someone told them to get from like Walmart or Target. People are really excited about finding just the right thing. It's really fun to help someone find something that they feel is the perfect gift," says Hixson.Hixson says at the beginning of the season business was pretty slow. But the store caught up to speed in no time.

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