SHOP SMALL®
Backing businesses like yours all year round by encouraging customers to shop locally.
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our Cardmembers
Businesses with the Amex logo have on average 80% more Amex transactions than those without.1 Browse and order complimentary Shop Small signage today and let Cardmembers know they’re welcome.
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Watch our videos below to see how Shop Small has made a big impact on small business owners
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WHAT DO YOUR CUSTOMERS SAY?
Your customers are your best critics and biggest fans. Leverage your personal connection as a small business to ask for their feedback and improve.
BE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Growing your social media following expands your audience and offers an easy way to communicate with customers. Share updates, promote events, and run competitions to boost engagement.
TAKE PART IN INITIATIVES
Many initiatives can support your business, from mentorship programmes to competitions. Check out opportunities like SmallBiz100, which highlights successful businesses across the UK.
ASK CUSTOMERS TO LEAVE REVIEWS
Ask your regular customers to leave a positive review online. It’s quick, easy, and can greatly help attract new customers. Reviews are essential in guiding consumer choices.
CHECK OUT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Small Business Saturday is a grassroots campaign promoting small business success and encouraging consumers to shop local. They offer year-round support and resources, available on their website.
Benefits for your business
When your business welcomes American Express, you unlock specialist tips, tools, and gain access to resources, events and Offers to help you go further.
1. American Express Internal Data based on a case study of 2,626 small businesses in the UK (92% new merchants acquired on average 7 weeks before the visit), across 12 industries comparing the average spend per Cardmember 2 months after displaying signage indicating American Express is accepted (Jan 25 – Jun 25). Analysis based on test / control basis (merchants that did place POP versus those that didn’t).
Definition of American Express Cardmembers: Respondents who reported that they have an American Express® Card and that they used that card to make retail purchases in the prior 6 months.
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