Small businesses expect to stay busy during weekend after Black Friday with Small Business Saturday [Video]

BATON ROUGE – Businesses on Black Friday said they expect to be busy through the weekend with Small Business Saturday.

Bella Bella in Baton Rouge said it was busy since the store opened.

“We had a line around the corner into the lot next door of people waiting at 10 o’clock to come in when we opened,” Bella Bella co-owner Elise Decoteau said.

With an LSU home game and Small Business Saturday, Bella Bella’s expecting crowds through the weekend.

“Football season, believe it or not, used to be better for us than Christmas and now Christmas with our gift store addition, it’s really bumped up things,” Decoteau said.

Decoteau is talking about Baubles, Bella Bella’s sister store with home decor and gift items which started preparing for Christmas in January.

“We buy in January, I start decorating in July. When July comes, it’s Christmas for me,” Baubles co-owner Ashley Thibaut …