Valley residents shop small to provide big help to small businesses

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Christmas themed carriage rides made Old Town Clovis consciousness similar a wintertime wonderland connected Saturday.

Shoppers filled the streets, looking for those peculiar vacation deals.

"Everyone's antique buying close present successful Clovis, which is great. The upwind is great, the venues are amazing," shopper Heather Martinez said.

Martinez was 1 of respective shoppers scoring a one-of-a-kind find.

"How beauteous is that, you can't get that anyplace else," she said showing disconnected her purchase.

Martinez didn't person the volition to spell antique buying connected Small Business Saturday but unsocial items made each the quality arsenic she browsed the area.

"I've ever been present my full life. This is my area, of people I'm going to enactment tiny businesses, that's however it's expected to be," Martinez said.

One of those businesses offering a specialty buying experiences is Frost Oak Creek Creations.

Tom Frost is simply a long-time concern owner, helium looks guardant to the influx of concern during days similar Small Business Saturday.

"I would accidental the vacation play is astir a 3rd of your concern for the year, you know. Like they say, Black Friday and each that. It conscionable truly starts picking up dramatically and stays beauteous engaged close done Christmas," Frost said.

Frost says his concern offers hard to find items, similar Charlie Bears and vacation decor.

Folks weren't conscionable buying tiny successful Clovis.

In cardinal Fresno astatine Manchester Mall, different merchants accidental you could beryllium making a beingness changing quality by supporting local.

"Big container store, you're conscionable different fig but you mightiness beryllium paying for someone's repast if you're buying from a tiny business," said Lani, proprietor of Shake & Sip Lemonade Stand.

While Small Business Saturday is simply a time promoted to travel retired and store successful the community, section businesses accidental they admit each ft postulation year-round.

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