About Us

We define community as people who are held together by common self-interest and how they spend their money. The end effect of all community must be group self-sufficiency. Even though geographic boundaries generally are a primary indicator of community, we believe that common self-interest and economic inter-dependence are the real factors that define authentic community. In the Black (of African descent) community unemployment is at least 2x the national level (the official estimate is about 16.7%, but the real rate is closer to 30%). Black-owned businesses are 85% more likely to hire Black employees than non-Black-owned businesses. So the most efficient use of our consumer dollars to develop the Black community, increase Black employment and increase Black wealth is to support Black-owned businesses.

TheBlackMall.com is an online business directory and marketplace that connects the Black community with Black owned businesses and products throughout the nation. Through our collective efforts we will contribute to the uplift and unity of the Black community.We also cater to Black businesses that don’t have brick and mortar locations by hosting Ujamaa Markets (vendor, trade shows) where we provide a space for Black vendors to expose and sell their goods and services to a targeted audience.TBM is a GREAT platform to advertise your Black owned business, organization, product/service or YOURSELF. We have a subscriber list of over 100k via our email clientele, social media and website traffic.TheBlackMall.com… Making it EASY to Buy Black!

TheBlackMall.com was founded by Cassiopeia & DJ in 2011.

Address

800 E 78th Street
Chicago, IL 60619

Phone
773-994-5006 Phone
773-855-8905 Fax

Email

admin@cbaworks.org

If your Business is Located in SSA#51, you are eligible to participate!

Check here to see if your business is located in SSA#51

For Eligible Businesses:

Download BlackCoin App from iOS or Android Store
Register/Create your user profile on the BlackCoin App as a Business
During BlackCoin Profile Registration, select Chatham Business Association as an affiliation
Place signage on your storefront or customer checkout station to identify business as a participant in the Chatham Business Association’s Chatham Cash Rewards campaign.
Inform your staff about the rewards program. Additional training will be provided via Zoom.
Tell all your customers to download the BlackCoin app and enroll in the Chatham Cash Rewards Campaign (Enrollment can be found by clicking the Business Profile within the BlackCoin app or via the Chatham Business Association Reward Campaign with the promotion feed).
Interested in creating a special promotion/offer? Contact BlackCoin app for assistance (afgarner@theblackinkgroup.com).
Eligible Businesses can also opt-out by submitting a written notice to: admin@cbaworks.org
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The Black-Coin Mobile Application will track and incentivise day-to-day spending with Black-owned businesses. The spending data will be used to document all spending and calculate ChathamCash reimbursements. Additionally, the Black-Coin Mobile Application will help create valuable and measurable research data about the Black consumer marketplace.

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