31/05/2024
“On the Tucson-based website BlaxFriday.com, an online directory of Black-owned businesses in Arizona, there are nearly 1,500 businesses listed. Fields range from apparel and beauty products to food services, real estate and insurance agents. However, one thing browsers won’t find on the site is a job search button. Blax Friday creator Ashley La Russa says a career page is definitely in her long-term plans for the site, “but our primary focus is still on business owners right now.”
The main issue, La Russa says, is that many of the businesses listed still lack the capacity to hire employees. Many of them don’t have a brick-and-mortar shop,” La Russa said — although she noted that’s slowly changing. “In the last year, we’ve had a number of barbers and hairstylists open up physical locations, and just recently, Cinnaholic, a (franchised) vegan cinnamon roll business and bakery, had a ribbon cutting. So we’re growing, but we could absolutely use more.”
Thank you Inside Tucson Business for the interview and continued interest in Black ownership.
Check out the full article here:
https://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/many-diverse-owned-businesses-still-struggle-to-hire/article_5e449028-1c56-11ef-b164-f30a705bad61.html
On the Tucson-based website BlaxFriday.com, an online directory of Black-owned businesses in Arizona, there are nearly 1,500 businesses listed. Fields range from apparel and beauty products to food services, real
