Small business owners share struggles

Retail stores and restaurants are hoping to get support on Small Business Saturday.

REPORTING IN KANSASCITYNICK STARLING41 ACTION NEWS.AND NOW TO A REBOUNDK-C REPORTAS WE TALK ABOUTBUSINESSES --THERE ISSOME HOPEN-B-C REPORTS NEARLY75 PERCENT OFAMERICANS SAY THEYFEEL MORE COMPELLEDTO SUPPORT SMALLBUSINESSES BECAUSE OFTHE PANDEMIC.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER JORDAN BETTSSHARES WHAT WE CAN DOTO HELP THEM STAY OPEN.Amna Bawany, Sohaila's Kitchen"It has been very challengingand very, very difficult.

Wedon't know what tomorrowlooks like."IT'S BEEN A HARD YEARFOR SMALL BUSINESSOWNERS.THAT'S WHY THIS YEARSSMALL BUSINESSSATURDAY IS MORECRUCIAL THAN EVER.Emily Bordner, EB & Co."We wouldn't be open if itwasn't for the local support.My sales, 95 percent of fromthe local KC area."EMILY BORDNER, WHOOWNS E-B AND CO ISHOPING PEOPLE SHOP NOTONLY THIS WEEKEND BUT,IN THE MONTHS, TO COME."We can't stress this enough.In retail, this last quarterreallycarries us through all of firstquarter of 2021.

I have gottena lot of podcasts andstreaming differenceconferences about howchallenging first quarter isgoing to be.

So really whenyou are shopping this year,you really are rooting andsupporting your favorites.

Youreally want to make sure theystick to that second quarter in2021SHE SAYS BLACK FRIDAYWAS A HUGE HIT BUT SHENEEDS PEOPLE TORETURN BACK TO STORESNEXT YEAR."It's really thinking aboutwhere you would miss going ifwe didn't make it through andhow much that is powerfulvoting power with your monand how it supports localbusinesses and thecommunity."LOCAL RESTAURANTSALSO HOPE FOR YOURBUSINESSES TOO.Amna Bawany, Sohaila's Kitchen"When you give someone agift card, you are telling themabout a business they mightnot have known about before.They'll go use their gift cardtobuy a meal and then they willcome back ten times after thatbecause they finally heardabout this restaurant and triedit out."ANMA BAWANY FROMSOHAILA'S KITCHEN SAYSTHAT SIMPLE GIFT CARDMEANS THEY CAN KEEPTHEIR DOORS OPENLONGER.Amna Bawany, Sohaila's Kitch"We are not as smallbusinesses backed by bigbanks or corporations.

Wedon't get the same loans andgovernment assistance thatmost big cooperation's do."REMEMBER THIS HOLIDAYSEASON WHEN WANTINGTO GIVE BACK OR GIVE AGIFT TO A LOVED ONE....GOLOCAL.Amna Bawany, Sohaila's Kitchen"If you shop small businessSaturday, you are going tohelp us through the holidayseason as the weather getsbad and if we possible have toshut down after the new yearbecause we still don't havevaccine."JORDAN BETTS 41 ACTIONNEWSOUR GOAL IS TO CONNECTPEOPLE WITH THERESOURCES NEEDED TOREBOUND FROM THISPANDEMIC.HEAD TO K-S-H-B DOT COMSLASH REBOUND FORMORE INFORMATION.YOU CAN ALSO GIVE US ACALL OR SEND US AN E-MA