News and Public Media for North Central Florida
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Homegrown stores in Gainesville promote "Black Thursday"

The Gainesville Chamber of Commerce has started a campaign to urge shoppers to buy local.  Some shops also signed up to promote the Thursday before Thanksgiving as "Black Thursday"...to urge people to kickstart the Black Friday holiday shopping season by starting early and starting with local merchants rather than malls, big box franchises, and online shopping.  WUFT-TV's Gillian Finklea reports.

 

Mark is a television news manager for WUFT News. Reach him by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.