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African American Chamber Announces Buy Black Holiday Activities
PHILADELPHIA,-- Philadelphia's African American
Chamber of Commerce today announced a number of activities designed to promote
black consumer consciousness during the Christmas/Kwanzaa Holiday Shopping
period, including the distribution of "Buy-Black" holiday-themed posters in
African-American-owned stores located in North Philadelphia, West
Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Germantown and Yeadon, Delaware County.
One poster is printed with the message: "This year put some black stores
on your Christmas shopping list." The message on the second poster is:
"Let's start Dreaming of a Black Christmas."
According to AACC officials, the complete list of the 95 participating
black retailers can be found on the Chamber's web site, at
http://www.aachamber.org. Those who do not have computer access can obtain a
hard copy of the list by calling the AACC's offices at (215) 496-1211.
"Depending upon whether you believe the holiday consumer spending
projections from the Conference Board or the National Retail Federation,
African American consumers in Philadelphia will spend between $112 million and
$250 million over the 30-day Christmas/ Kwanzaa shopping period," said AACC
Chairman A. Bruce Crawley. "It would absolutely qualify as self-imposed,
economic criminal negligence if we spent those millions of dollars without
regard to any plan to keep a major portion of those revenues in our own
community once the season has ended."
"It's not enough to have a Happy Holiday," added Crawley. "We also want
January, February and the rest of the year 2006 to be economically satisfying
for African-American families. Unless we focus our spending during December,
we'll be contributing to our own economic hardship as we enter the new year."
This year's Buy Black Promotion is the 11th consecutive year that the
African American Chamber of Commerce has been involved in a holiday-specific
retail effort.
Founded as the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia in
1994, the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware is the leading private sector advocate for black-owned businesses and
African-American economic development in the tri-state area. Headquartered at
1735 Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, the Chamber represents the
interests of such businesses in both public and private sector forums. The
organization also offers management and technical assistance programs to
improve the effectiveness of black-owned businesses in the region. According
to the Census Bureau, there are 16,010 African-American-owned businesses in
southeast Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware
SOURCE African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and
Web Site: http://www.aachamber.org
PHILADELPHIA,-- Philadelphia's African American
Chamber of Commerce today announced a number of activities designed to promote
black consumer consciousness during the Christmas/Kwanzaa Holiday Shopping
period, including the distribution of "Buy-Black" holiday-themed posters in
African-American-owned stores located in North Philadelphia, West
Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Germantown and Yeadon, Delaware County.
One poster is printed with the message: "This year put some black stores
on your Christmas shopping list." The message on the second poster is:
"Let's start Dreaming of a Black Christmas."
According to AACC officials, the complete list of the 95 participating
black retailers can be found on the Chamber's web site, at
http://www.aachamber.org. Those who do not have computer access can obtain a
hard copy of the list by calling the AACC's offices at (215) 496-1211.
"Depending upon whether you believe the holiday consumer spending
projections from the Conference Board or the National Retail Federation,
African American consumers in Philadelphia will spend between $112 million and
$250 million over the 30-day Christmas/ Kwanzaa shopping period," said AACC
Chairman A. Bruce Crawley. "It would absolutely qualify as self-imposed,
economic criminal negligence if we spent those millions of dollars without
regard to any plan to keep a major portion of those revenues in our own
community once the season has ended."
"It's not enough to have a Happy Holiday," added Crawley. "We also want
January, February and the rest of the year 2006 to be economically satisfying
for African-American families. Unless we focus our spending during December,
we'll be contributing to our own economic hardship as we enter the new year."
This year's Buy Black Promotion is the 11th consecutive year that the
African American Chamber of Commerce has been involved in a holiday-specific
retail effort.
Founded as the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia in
1994, the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware is the leading private sector advocate for black-owned businesses and
African-American economic development in the tri-state area. Headquartered at
1735 Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, the Chamber represents the
interests of such businesses in both public and private sector forums. The
organization also offers management and technical assistance programs to
improve the effectiveness of black-owned businesses in the region. According
to the Census Bureau, there are 16,010 African-American-owned businesses in
southeast Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware
SOURCE African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and
Web Site: http://www.aachamber.org
