SHOP IOWA DAY IS COMING!

3 Oct 2022

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Statewide e-commerce marketplace announces October 12 as special deals day to encourage shopping from Iowa small businesses ahead of holiday season

$500 Shop Iowa shopping spree giveaway, site-wide discounts and gift card rebates

October 3, 2022 (MARION, IA) - Shop Iowa, a statewide e-commerce marketplace initiative of the Iowa Economic Development Authority with the support of the Iowa Small Business Development Center, has announced ‘Shop Iowa Day’, a day dedicated to promoting and offering incentives for shopping at Iowa small businesses across the state on the platform. Shop Iowa is managed by Member Marketplace Inc., an Iowa small business with employees in Marion, Iowa City and Des Moines.

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