# Professor Allen Adamson is quoted in a story examining the surge in online sales on Small Business Saturday

1 Faculty News December 3, 2019 ![E-CommerceTimes_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/E-CommerceTimes_190x145.png?itok=uQfZNS_c)>

Excerpt from [E-Commerce Times](https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/SMBs-Enjoy-Online-Surge-on-Small-Business-Saturday-86392.html) -- "'The last straw that smaller retailers were holding onto was their ability to offer a more personal and special in-store experience versus the larger retailers,' [he](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/allen-adamson) told the E-Commerce Times. 'Now that even American Express can't get consumers off their couch for Small Business Saturdays, they have to go head-to-head against Amazon online, where competing on price and delivery speed is a non-starter.'"

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