St. Louis celebrates Small Business Saturday [Video]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — On Saturday, people throughout the St. Louis area participated in the nationwide celebration of Small Business Saturday. 5 On Your Side reporter Travis Cummings caught up with shoppers at the North County Recreational Complex. 

Tables were brimming with an array of unique items—custom baskets, handmade jewelry, cozy winter clothes, and festive Christmas-themed goods—all available for purchase by those eager to find one-of-a-kind gifts and support small enterprises.

“I got me a candle. I also got me some sunglasses,” one of the shoppers, Alexis Turner, said. “I got me a whole wide spectrum of things. I kind of just walked around the room and got whatever caught my eye. Got something for my grandmother which was some jewelry.”

Turner and her mother, Leslie CayCe-Turner, braved the cold and snow …