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Local Stores Need Support ~ Please Shop Local!

Ridgefield, CT - In a small town like Ridgefield, it can be very easy to meet people and form connections. This ability to connect with people is important for all residents, but especially paramount for... more »

Shopping Local in the South Sound

When you spend your money locally, those dollars go right back into the community where you live. This boosts the local economy and allows independent businesses to grow and create new jobs. If you visit... more »

Shopping Local Boosts Economy

Terre Haute, IN - Where do you go when you need new clothes, or even a new pair of shoes? Local owners are making the pitch to keep your shopping and your spending local."We've been... more »

Strategies: Shop Local, Small as You Celebrate, Travel

Memorial Day is the traditional kickoff of the summer season.After a winter with a polar vortex or two, a blizzard or three, and massive ice and snow storms, people throughout the country are ready to... more »

Buying from Local Stores Makes Sense and Cents

Newburyport, MA - Last weekend I was working in our yard doing the usual spring clean up stuff. My efforts reflected a harbinger of the good things that will arrive around our home in the... more »

Huntsville Chamber Kicks off Small Business Week With ‘I Shop Local’ Button Campaign

Huntsville, AL - Heavy rain across the Valley this morning didn't stop the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County from gathering at Village of Providence to kick off National Small Business Week.The five-day small business... more »

Brooklyn Shop Offers Locally Made Clothes and Goods

Brooklyn, NY - “We try to support local designers as well as manufacturers,” Natasha Samoylenko told me when I went to visit her shop. Trunk is an airy storefront on Jay Street in the Dumbo... more »

Shop Oro Valley Summer Campaign begins May 1

Oro Valley, AZ - Oro Valley's town government is encouraging shoppers to stick with local retailers during the summer months.In the Shop Oro Valley Summer Campaign, which launches May 1, shoppers who spend at least... more »