Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday

While many people are headed to the stores today for Black Friday, tomorrow is Small Business Saturday.

It was started in 2010 by American Express as a way to encourage holiday shoppers to spend their dollars at small, local, independently owned businesses.

Last year, a survey from American Express and the National Federation of Independent Business estimated that 95 million people went out to shop at a small business on Small Business Saturday.

NFIB data shows that in 2015, restaurants and independent retailers saw $16.2 billion in spending during Small Business Saturday, a 14 percent increase from the $14.3 billion in sales during Small Business Saturday 2014.