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With a quiet wit and plenty of stories and statistics, Fred Whyte, president of Stihl Inc., invited business students at Montana State University Billings Wednesday to ignore conventional business advice. Read more…
Thinking about signing up for a CSA but want to learn more about the idea before you commit? Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm…read more →
Check out this article about IWS and the economic impact of St. Patrick’s Day. Today, as you celebrate everything Irish, please remember to patronize locally owned pubs and restaurants.
St. Patrick’s Day spending in 2011 is projected to be approximately $4.14 billion*. If you spend your St. Patty’s dollars this year at a locally owned Irish restaurant or pub, a total of $2.81 billion would be reinvested in local communities across the U.S. If you plan on celebrating at a national chain, your local reinvestment drops to only $1.98 billion. This St. Patrick’s Day spread your green locally and help…read more →
Wow! What a trip. Five cities in five days. 1,600+ miles. 14 – 16 hour days. Raleigh. Charleston, Savannah. Jacksonville. Tampa/St. Petersburg. And would do it all again in a heart beat.
Marketing professor Jennifer Aaker stands before a blackboard-size mural her Stanford Graduate School of Business students had created.
As both a music lover and record store owner, Tim Cretsinger is excited about the recent resurgence of vinyl record albums.
Brian Humbert, owner of The Mower Shop in Louisville KY, explains how they’ve succeeded in the shadows of the big box hardware stores.
Independent We Stand announced today its plans for a road trip through the Southeast U.S. to interview and film independent, local business owners on the economic benefits they bring to their communities and the importance of shopping locally.
According to newly released data from the U. S. Economic Census, overall sales at independent retailers grew by about 4 percent, after adjusting for inflation, between 2002 and 2007.
