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Celebrate Pink Friday on Nov. 20!

Celebrate Pink Friday on Nov. 20!

Pink Friday is a nationwide shop-small event held the Friday before Black Friday. Instead of competing with big-box retailers during the busiest shopping weekend of the year, Pink Friday gives small businesses their own day to shine first.


This Friday, Nov. 20, Kris Kringl is joining small business retailers across the country for a day dedicated to driving traffic, increasing holiday sales, and reminding our community why shopping local matters. We'll be wearing festive pink attire and would love it if you choose to wear pink too!


Visit us on Pink Friday to see several things throughout the shop marked down to a very special value and receive a gift with purchase - while supplies last!

Kris Kringl is featured in this month's Wenatchee Valley Business World in an article titled Local Businesses Prepare for Holiday Shopping Rush and the reporter, Kalie Worthen, does an excellent job of highlighting why it matters to "shop small." Below is an excerpt from the article. 

What shopping local returns to the community Local employment

When the person behind the counter folding and wrapping an item is the owner, a neighbor or the owner’s niece home from college, the experience differs from adding an item to an online shopping cart. Several retailers said a sense of community is something that sets shopping locally apart from shopping online.

“When people come to Leavenworth, and so many of these stores are going on generations of families owning them, there’s a different feeling you get from supporting the people you are making eye contact with than clicking a button online,” Evans said.

Evans adds staff members each holiday season, calling them her “seasonal support” as they provide extra help and fresh energy.

“A lot of these folks are on breaks from school, high school or college. We’re thankful to have a lot of returners year after year.”

Nearly half of U.S. private-sector employees — 45% — work for small businesses. Small businesses also account for about 43% of U.S. economic activity, measured by gross domestic product, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy.

“Small businesses are such an important part of America,” Evans said.

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We hope to see you on Friday, Nov. 20 at Kris Kringl; wearing pink or not! : )


#SupportSmallFirst

14th Nov 2026 Jessica Evans

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