SPRUCE PINE — The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Mayland Community College Cosmetic Arts Center at the Three Peaks Enrichment Center, formerly known as PineBridge, took place under sunny
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WINNETKA, Ill., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Tacklebox Brand Partners announces the formal launch of NorthShoreShops.com, the Virtual Central Shopping District to benefit small businesses on Chicago s North Shore and beyond.
The Platform offers consumers a new, simple, and convenient way to find and support local businesses.
Inspired by the ease of Amazon and the need to support local, small businesses, NorthShoreShops.com provides local-area merchants new ways to generate awareness, capture new customers, and boost sales at a time when they need it the most.
The Virtual Shopping District for Small Businesses
Among the hardest hit by COVID-19, big box retailers, and online shopping options like Amazon.com are small businesses, who have seen foot-traffic and sales plummet dramatically or stop altogether over the past several years. Some merchants will be able to weather the storm by shifting the way they do business, but for othe
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Spa owner David St. James began reaching for the ringing appointment line on an early December morning. Then a difficult realization set in: It didn’t matter if he picked up the phone.
“It’s useless. I don’t need to answer it. We’ve already changed the outgoing message,” said St. James, who runs Royal Thai Massage and Beauty with his wife, Chanispha, a licensed massage therapist who was born in Thailand.
The new message delivers the bad news that the spa isn’t operating because of the latest coronavirus protection order and ends with a hopeful, “We will reopen on Jan. 2 of next year.” But no one knows that for sure, and it’s looking increasingly likely that the shutdown will be extended, at least in Southern California.