Photo courtesy of independentwestand.org There’s something special about Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. A rural community with only 3,000 residents, Wellsboro is small—but beloved. It’s the kind of place where one of the only independent, family-owned department stores in the country can still thrive, and it’s a hometown where high school classmates return to build their own business. By all accounts, the local spirit is alive and well in Wellsboro… Continue reading at independentwestand.org >> Read more.

For independent business owners and their supporters, Black Friday and Cyber Monday take a back seat to Small Business Saturday, which comes this year on Nov. 26. The experts at ITBusinessNet.com have great tips about how to mark the occasion. Read more.