Page 3 - Profit Lines: Issue 12

Retail. Rental. Commercial Sales.

Get Inspired by the Shop Small Spirit of Samantha Post

Samantha Post, marketing and human resources manager at T & M Hardware & Rental, saw there was untapped
potential for a shop local movement in Bellevue, PA. She wanted to help preserve the integrity of the charming
town while pushing it forward to be a place that people want to live
and shop. Looking to take Bellevue’s Small Business Saturday to an
entirely new level, Samantha quickly got involved.

She chairs the Bellevue Initiative for Growth and Revitalization’s
Small Business Saturday (SBS) planning committee, and last year
they greeted shoppers and visitors to Bellevue’s downtown shopping
district with a welcome station. At the station, Samantha and fellow
committee members provided shoppers with tote bags, refreshments
and treats, as well as a
detailed guide to each of the participating small businesses in the “I am honored to be recognized for
downtown shopping district. my efforts and to receive the first-
ever Spirit of Independents award.
Thanks to the efforts and planning of Samantha and the committee, the I am humbled by the thought of
town’s SBS events are doing better than ever before. And Samantha’s having other independents follow my
hard work and dedication to local movements like SBS earned her lead and ignite the movement to turn
Independent We Stand and The North American Retail Hardware shopping local into a way of life, not
just a feel-good cause reserved for
Association’s first-ever Spirit of Independents Award, presented at the the Saturday after Thanksgiving.”
State of Independents conference on December 6.

Samantha stands with Co-Founder of
Independent We Stand Bill Brunelle
and Hardware Retailing Publisher
Dan Tratensek to accept her award.

Start your own shop local movement by visiting

independentwestand.org.