Students Discover Value of MI-Made Products
One of the greatest ways to ensure that our buy local movement makes a significant economic contribution is to involve the youngest generation.
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One of the greatest ways to ensure that our buy local movement makes a significant economic contribution is to involve the youngest generation.
Marie Deleris moved to California from France nine years ago. With a background in business law, she found herself at a crossroad in life. Her new friends quickly noticed her sense of style and décor and her knack for mixing items to create a fun and colorful environment.
Consumers in China are willing to pay a premium for certain products labeled “Made in USA” because they see them as more durable and of higher quality, a new study found.
In honor of 12.12.12, here’s a list of the top 12 reasons why our fans buy local. Please share and help us spread the word!
Many small businesses have a reason to be jolly this holiday season. Despite lingering economic concerns, Small Business Saturday sales data is slightly better than expected.
Adorn all of your local gifts with these tags and help spread the word!
Last November, Victoria Fantauzzi and Karen King looked forward to a busy holiday season for their new online retail business, La Bella Figura Beauty. They figured that sales of their organic skin-care products and perfumes would naturally increase, and so they didn’t do anything special to entice shoppers.
Please help us spread the word by sharing our holiday posters.
We wanted to make it easy for you to find great gifts from locally owned businesses. So we created the Independent We Stand Holiday Gift Guide as a way for you to find and share the special items that you can only find at independently owned businesses.
November 24th is the third annual Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses nationwide. We are proud to be partnering with American Express once again to help make this event the biggest day of the year for small businesses. This year, over 100 million people will “shop small” on Small Business Saturday.