Black Friday spending is expected to be up 4-percent from last year, but individual budgets have reportedly decreased. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says higher prices and numbers of shoppers could be driving up the numbers.
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday began in 2010 to help local shops and restaurants bring in more customers after the Great Recession. NFIB state director Leah Long says last year, shoppers spent an estimated 22 billion dollars at locally owned businesses nationwide and that’s great for the local economy…
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Long says NFIB’s latest survey shows small business optimism has slipped as owners grow more cautious about the months ahead ant they need your support more than ever this year.
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The SEC’s most eligible bachelor will hand out his final rose tomorrow. Kace Kieschnick reports.
Cut 3 (32) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”
LSU will close out the season at 8th-ranked Oklahoma tomorrow. The Tigers are looking to play spoiler for a new SEC rival on the edge of the College Football Playoffs. Linebacker Whit Weeks says the first step will be dealing with experienced Sooners quarterback John Mateer.