Shop Small This Holiday season

Dec 11, 2023

The holiday season is near and you need to support small businesses. All these people of America are supporting these big name companies. There are plenty of small businesses in Brunswick County or in your local area, and these small businesses’ biggest season is coming up and they need your help. Small business owners have some of the toughest jobs they have to worry about if they will make enough sales paying rent if they have to and altogether making enough money to keep the business thriving. In Shallotte, there are some small businesses you should check out in your local area, and here are some.

#1- Cheers Boutique On Main:

This local boutique offers a variety of options for your holiday needs from clothes to embroidery. You can get anything personalized and how you want your items. This store has many home goods and personal items to please anyone’s needs. Things to buy include personalization ,clothes and accessories.

#2-Scott’s Farm and Family

This local store has a variety of farm needs and good items for your good ole country boys. From country accessories to farm feed. This store offers many items to help you and your animals needs. Things to buy are farm feed, hats and country shirts.

“I personally like shopping at Scotts Farm and Family, I prefer there than Tractor Supply,” Said Freshman Gabriella DiGennaro

#5-Cape Fear Skate and Surf Shop

This store has some great products for those surfer bros and skaters. Cool beach products and clothes. Thing to buy surf gear,skate gear and clothes

#6-Pelican Bookstore

This bookstore is locally owned and has a large variety of books you can choose from romance,fantasy,thriller and more and some thrift books in there. Things to buy gift cards, tote bags and books.

“Small Businesses are a really fun shopping experience because you never know what you will find,” said DiGennaro.

Shopping at small businesses is very important. We need to help these stores as a community and keep them thriving and great. So when planning on shopping online or going to a name brand store, you might want to reconsider your choice as there are these smaller stores that need our help. There are many other stores in your local area so check them out and shop local.

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Chayton Cheers, Staff Writer

Chayton Cheers is a 15-year-old sophomore who wanted to expand his writing and people skills, which ultimately led him to join the West Wind this year. Cheers was born in Loris, South Carolina but has become a local to Brunswick County, being raised in Ocean Isle Beach all his life. “I like to write,” said Cheers. “I think that the West Wind is going to improve my writing and people skills.” When Cheers is not listening to Taylor Swift or reading you can often find him working at The Daily Scoop on Main, doing his schoolwork, or hanging out with his family. Cheers values his education and is striving for big things. Unsure of what he wants to do with his future, Cheers does know he wants it to be writing-centered, either writing for a newspaper or becoming a novelist. Cheers wants to either attend West Virginia University, Appalachian State, or the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. “I honestly don't know what I want to do,” said Cheers. “I want to go wherever life takes me.”