- Small and large businesses across Missouri compete for customers this holiday season.
- Downtown stores in Springfield have more unique clothes because they are not mass produced like mall stores, said Alison Hebron, a graduate student at MSU and Envy customer.
- Different types of stores offer various products.
- Smaller businesses can have the competitive advantage of being able to produce better customer service.
Customers and Businesses Discuss Differences Between Large and Small Businesses
- Downtown Springfield will host the Shop Downtown First the evening of Dec. 2. The project donates money to local charities and all businesses downtown will be open until 10 p.m.
- Debbie Wilcox, a shopper in Old Town St. Charles, Mo., said, “All the stores down here are small mom-and-pop stores, none are corporate chain stores and the type of products they offer are so unique you know that if I buy something for someone for Christmas that there could only be a few more of those around, not hundreds like at chain stores.”
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