From John Cavalier, co-owner of Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, LA and SIBA Board Member

With Small Business Saturday a little more than a week away, most of us are already in the thick of holiday sales and focusing on making the most out of Q4. Of course there need be no reminder that this holiday season will be different from any other, but our good friends at NAIBA put together a very comprehensive list of action items to prepare their stores for the worst case scenario of another shutdown. We've all grown accustomed to operating our businesses in a state of precarity and by now we're all old pro's at the pivot, but I encourage everyone to take a moment to print this list out and give it a read through. The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure keeps ringing louder and I know that in our current circumstance we can all appreciate that old saying in the most literal ways possible!

NAIBA's Checklist and Considerations for a Second Shutdown