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Small Business Saturday: Shopping season is off with a bang in QC

By: Dave Thompson|November 27, 2023
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    • Mary O’Connell, owner of Mary’s Diamonds and Jewelry in Davenport, shows one of the necklaces she has for sale during Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Saturday was a day of shopping joy and chaos for DeAnna Freeman-Foster, an owner of a men’s clothing store in downtown Rock Island.

    It was a busier-than-normal business day as dozens of customers crowded into her small storefront, looking for that perfect clothing gift for the men in their lives.

    “I was telling myself ‘Don’t panic. There’s a lot of people in…

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