For Immediate Release:

November 21, 2014

 

Nov. 29 is Small Business Saturday

Shop hyperlocal this season with new directory

Made in Monmouth vendors offer holiday alternatives

 

FREEHOLD, NJ – You can do your holiday shopping close to home this year with the 2014 Made in Monmouth Hyperlocal Shopping Directory that is available on the Monmouth County website at www.visitmonmouth.com.

 

“Here’s a chance to get a jump on your holiday shopping and support local businesses,” Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone said. “This easy to use, online shopping guide has links to makers and sellers of all sorts of products and gift ideas that are made right here in Monmouth County.”

 

The interactive directory includes only Monmouth County small businesses. Email addresses, phone numbers, websites, and if applicable, store locations are included to provide easy holiday shopping. 

 

“Every vendor listed in the directory makes unique consumer products,” Arnone said. “You will find something for everyone on your list—including your pets!”

 

There is tremendous variety in the directory, everything from beautiful handmade children’s products to wine made from grapes grown and fermented in Monmouth County to art and jewelry for every budget and occasion to gourmet foods and candies. 

 

The County’s Division of Economic Development released the Made in Monmouth Hyperlocal Shopping Directory in advance of national Small Business Saturday which is Saturday, Nov. 29.

 

The directory is a follow-up to the successful Made In Monmouth event held in April that introduced residents to the variety and quality of products being made in Monmouth County. 

 

Made in Monmouth is a project under the Division of Economic Development’s Grow Monmouth initiative. For more information about how Grow Monmouth can help your business, go to the Grow Monmouth page at www.visitmonmouth.com.

 

 

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