Shop Listener 2025: Supporting Small Businesses for In-Person Holiday Shopping

Shop Listener 2025: A Holiday Gift Guide Initiative

• 💡 The annual "Shop Listener" series returns for the 2025 holiday season, focusing on in-person shopping opportunities.
• 🎯 Listeners are invited to call in and highlight small businesses, craft fairs, pop-ups, and brick-and-mortar stores where listeners can purchase holiday gifts.
• 🌐 Submissions for the online guide can be made at wnyc.org/shoplistener, creating a resource map for shoppers.

Featured Small Businesses and Pop-Ups

• 🛍️ Julia from Ridgewood, Queens, is showcasing her upcycled collaged apparel and artwork under the brand Acme Handmade at Variety Coffee on Grand View this Saturday.
• 🌸 Shirley in Brooklyn highlights Geometry Gardens, a plant and floral shop in Williamsburg, offering plants, books, and a popular floral subscription service.
• 🎁 Vanessa from Brooklyn promotes Awesome Brooklyn, a gift shop at 653 Flatbush Avenue, featuring candles, Brooklyn artists, ceramics, and white elephant gifts.
• 🎨 Bernadette represents the Long Island Craft Guild, promoting their holiday fine craft fair at the Nassau County Museum of Art on December 13th and 14th, featuring various crafts including hand-dyed scarves.
• 🖼️ Kelsey from Scranton, Pennsylvania, calls out Pigeon Post Art and Books, selling original bird artwork, nature books, and stationery.
• 🎨 Elliot is promoting a gallery show at Deep Space Gallery in Jersey City, featuring over 70 artists selling affordable art for the holidays.
• 📍 Kate, a market curator, is organizing a market at the Builtmore Room at Track 42 in Grand Central Terminal, featuring vintage curators, stylists, makers, and an additional 50 small businesses.
• 🍷 David in Manhattan promotes his wine and spirits store on 10th Avenue, offering glassware, books, classes, and wine/spirits, with a portion of sales benefiting Cal Lord on Giving Tuesday.

Unique Offerings and Services

• 💆 Raul, a licensed massage therapist in Long Island City, suggests massage therapy as a unique gift for stressed individuals.
• 🎁 The series will also feature a segment dedicated to selling experiences, broadening the scope of gift ideas.
• 🗺️ The "Shop Listener" initiative aims to support small businesses and provide listeners with diverse options for holiday gift shopping.