{"id":29357,"date":"2013-10-31T09:15:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=29357"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:54:53","slug":"retail-paricipation-sought-holiday-shopping-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=29357","title":{"rendered":"Retail Participation Sought: Holiday Shopping Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"haak-Dist12\"<\/a>Jamestown, ND\u00a0 (KCSi-T.V. News Oct31, 2013)\u00a0 —\u00a0 As the winter season approaches, the Holiday Shopping Marathon is encouraging the public to get in shape for Christmas\u2026 Christmas gift giving that is.<\/p>\n

In partnership with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo City Tourism, Main Street Downtown and the Jamestown Civic Center, the goal of the Marathon is to increase local spending as well as raise awareness to the various retail offerings available here.<\/p>\n

Buffalo City Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, “Last year, Americans spent $1 billion online just on Black Friday.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep those dollars here. The Holiday Shopping Marathon is the perfect opportunity – at a perfect time of year – for retail stores to display their offerings to Jamestown natives as well as those visiting from out of town.”<\/p>\n

On Thursday’s\u00a0 (Oct 31, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, committee member, Jessica Haak said, the Marathon begins Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013\u00a0in conjunction with the Jamestown Civic Center\u2019s Gift & Craft Sale. The “race” ends 26 days later on Black Friday, Nov. 29.\u00a0 She pointed out that Jamestown has 80 retail businesses at which to shop.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As the committee prepares for the event, it is asking retail businesses to sign up and participate in the Marathon\u2019s Punch Card, which will list 12 Jamestown businesses.\u00a0 \u00a0The goal of the Punch Card is to encourage shoppers to patronize local retail businesses as well as visit stores they\u2019ve never entered. To complete the Punch Card, the shopper must visit at least a ten businesses.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Mayor, Katie Andersen says, “We\u2019re hoping people realize that the Jamestown area has a wealth of shopping opportunities. Jewelry, for example, most people know Riddle\u2019s and JCPenney offer a sizeable selection, but Babb\u2019s Coffee House and the Frontier Fort sell accessories as well.”<\/p>\n

Once completed, the shopper can turn the Punch Card in for a chance to win $500 in Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber Bucks. In addition to the grand prize, the committee is also giving out a prize each week. Shoppers who turn their Punch Cards in early get more chances to win.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the Marathon\u2019s generous partners, this service is provided to retail businesses at no cost.<\/p>\n

Committee members include Swedlund, Andersen, Jessica Haak, Monica Hieb, Josh Vraa, Tim Perkins, Shirley Jackson, Erin Paulson, Kendra Krueger, Cassie Theurer, Pam Fosse and Katie Ryan-Anderson.<\/p>\n

If your business wants to be included or have questions, please contact one of the committee members or call Buffalo City Tourism at 251-9145. <\/b>The form is also available online at http:\/\/ow.ly\/pBLd7<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.Facebook.com\/HolidayShopping Marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last day to enter the punch card is November 29, 2013 at Riddle’s in the Buffalo Mall, the Mall Office, or at Coborn’s Customer Service area.<\/p>\n

The Grand Prize drawing will be held the 29th, the evening of the Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade, in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown, ND\u00a0 (KCSi-T.V. News Oct31, 2013)\u00a0 —\u00a0 As the winter season approaches, the Holiday Shopping Marathon is encouraging the public to get in shape for Christmas\u2026 Christmas gift giving that is. In partnership with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo City Tourism, Main Street Downtown and the Jamestown Civic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29357"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31045,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29357\/revisions\/31045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}