By Mark | November 29, 2014
Today is Small Business Saturday. According to executives at American Express, who dreamed the whole thing up in 2010, it’s a day when Americans should eschew big box chains and fast food franchises, and spend their money closer to home, at independent shops owned and operated by people in their own communities. While I’ll acknowledge […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Marketing, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Express, Black Friday, buy local, credit cards, Dan Gillotte, Michael Shuman, Shop Ypsi for the Holidays, Walmart |
By Mark | December 28, 2011
I haven’t taken the time to look into the methodology of the study in any great detail, but, according to our friends at BALLE, the folks at the Maine Center for Economic Policy have completed a study showing that dollars spent at locally-owned businesses yield almost twice as much in the way of local economic […]
Posted in Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Express, BALLE, big box retail, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Buy Indie in Ypsi, buy local, Dollar Tree, economic development, Garrett Martin, local economy, Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy, MECEP, national chains, PIBCA, Portland, Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance, Shop Ypsi for the Holidays |
