Small Business Saturday brings local vendors to Warwick

WARWICK R.I. (WLNE) — Small businesses and other local vendors gathered in Warwick for a Small Business Saturday.

The event was started back in 2010 as a way to get shoppers to buy local for Black Friday and help local businesses attract attention to their brands.

Saturdays event was hosted at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and featured vendors selling art, unique decorations and cookware from around the Ocean State.

According to Small Business Saturday’s website, small business make up 98% of registered businesses in Rhode Island and provide jobs to 57% of all people who are employed in the state.

Dawn Santos, a vendor who sells custom gnomes through her business ‘Wherever I May Gnome,’ said the event is a great opportunity for small businesses to showcase their goods.

This is a photo of gnomes being sold at Small Business Saturday in Warwick .(WLNE)

Santos also said she was shocked at the number of sales she made from the day.

For more information on Small Business Saturday, click here.