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30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!

 30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!





NOV 25-26th Black Friday & Saturday


SATURDAYS


Dec 3rd


Dec 10th


Dec 17th


Friday & Sat (Christmas Eve)


Dec 23-24


Shiloh Baptist Church


1510 9th Street NW(9th & P Sts)


Washington DC 20001


https://bzbinternational.com/


Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show is produced by Juanita Britton, retail marketing specialist and entrepreneur. “Our goal is to attract customers to shop with businesses and artisans in their communities. People are having second thoughts about shopping in this economy along with the added stress and inconvenience of suburban malls”, says Ms. Britton.

“Customers are also beginning to understand the connection between entrepreneurship, consumerism and the survival of the local boutiques and shops in our neighborhoods.” Ms. Britton who operates an art gallery and several retail businesses at National and Dulles airports, is regularly featured on national and local, television & radio programs and in community newspapers around issues of economic and small business development in urban communities. She has worked with over 400 businesses to in the areas of product development, marketing and distribution.

"Once a year, shoppers from around the beltway, up and down the East Coast trek to this festive, holiday marketplace to find an enchanting holiday shopping atmosphere that features unique and ethnic gifts created and sold by local retailers and artisans that create. Specialties such as jewelry designed by local master goldsmith, Shukri; wood carvings from Ghana, local fine artists such as Larry “Poncho” Brown, with prints and originals for sale; new and collectible books; ethnic games and toys; men’s and women’s clothing from West Africa tailors and Washington based couture designer, DAMALI; glassware encrusted with 24 karat gold from Egypt; youth artisans and entrepreneurs, just to name a few."




For Immediate Release


Contact Ms. Juanita Britton "BZB"

202-550-7060

https://bzbinternational.com/



30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!


NOV 25-26th Black Friday & Saturday


SATURDAYS


Dec 3rd


Dec 10th


Dec 17th


Friday & Sat (Christmas Eve)


Dec 23-24


Shiloh Baptist Church


1510 9th Street NW(9th & P Sts)


Washington DC 20001


https://bzbinternational.com/


(Washington, DC) - 30th Annual BZB Shop til Ya Drop!returns to Shiloh Baptist Church and opens on November 25th at 10am. Annual BZB Holiday Gift and Art Show is produced by Juanita Britton, retail marketing specialist and entrepreneur. “Our goal is to attract customers to shop with businesses and artisans in their communities. People are having second thoughts about shopping in this economy along with the added stress and inconvenience of suburban malls”, says Ms. Britton.


“Customers are also beginning to understand the connection between entrepreneurship, consumerism and the survival of the local boutiques and shops in our neighborhoods.” Ms. Britton who operates an art gallery and several retail businesses at National and Dulles airports, is regularly featured on national and local, television & radio programs and in community newspapers around issues of economic and small business development in urban communities. She has worked with over 400 businesses to in the areas of product development, marketing and distribution.


"Once a year, shoppers from around the beltway, up and down the East Coast trek to this festive, holiday marketplace to find an enchanting holiday shopping atmosphere that features unique and ethnic gifts created and sold by local retailers and artisans that create. Specialties such as jewelry designed by local master goldsmith, Shukri; wood carvings from Ghana, local fine artists such as Larry “Poncho” Brown, with prints and originals for sale; new and collectible books; ethnic games and toys; men’s and women’s clothing from West Africa tailors and Washington based couture designer, DAMALI; glassware encrusted with 24 karat gold from Egypt; youth artisans and entrepreneurs, just to name a few."


Press Release prepared by Ms. Afrika Abney 

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