About this Event
Spend Small Business Saturday in a focused room of independent makers, local business owners, creative founders, and operators working through the realities of holiday-season commerce.
Prestige Market combines a practical Local Market Peak Strategy Salon with a compact Artisan Showcase designed for business discovery and professional conversation rather than a large consumer shopping fair.
Participants will examine local customer discovery, direct-sales channel planning, seasonal merchandising, customer communication, inventory readiness, and ways independent businesses can build complementary professional relationships.
A Lead Facilitator will remain on-site throughout the session to manage QR check-in, guide the strategy discussion, coordinate showcase placement, and facilitate introductions between participants.
During the Mini Artisan Showcase, approved participants may present a compact tabletop selection of products, samples, lookbooks, menus, catalogs, packaging concepts, or brand materials.
Because the venue is an operating contemporary art gallery, all displays must remain within assigned tabletop areas. No artwork may be moved, covered, attached to, or mounted on gallery walls without written venue approval.
A Winter Botanical Grazing Board, handcrafted espresso, coffee, tea, pastries, and non-alcoholic refreshments will be served.
This is an educational business gathering and curated professional showcase. Participation does not guarantee sales, customer acquisition, referrals, contracts, partnerships, or other commercial outcomes.
Event venue & nearby stays
Addington Gallery, 704 North Wells Street, Chicago, United States
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