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Annual Independent Business Survey Reveals a Need for Change

Annual Independent Business Survey Reveals a Need for Change

With an election year on the horizon, many state and federal policies are poised to come under a microscope. As they do, small business owners across the country will be watching with concerns and ideas of their own. The results of the 2019 Independent Business Survey, released Tuesday by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), show that small businesses need policies that level the playing field between independents and their amorphous competitors.

7 Aug, 2019
New Study Shows One Way that Locals Crush Amazon

New Study Shows One Way that Locals Crush Amazon

Amazon isn’t known for losing, but there’s at least one way that local brick-and-mortar businesses undeniably outperform the online mega-retailer. Just two weeks after Amazon’s quarterly earnings report showed huge growth, a new study by Civic Economics reveals what those earnings mean for communities and local economies across the country – and they don’t mean much. The 2018 Home Sweet Home: Locals vs. Amazon study reports that local hardware and…read more →

9 May, 2018
5 Takeaways from the 2016 Independent Business Survey

5 Takeaways from the 2016 Independent Business Survey

For the ninth year in a row, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and the Advocates for Independent Business (AIB) have released their annual Independent Business Survey, which includes data gathered from more than three thousand small and independently owned businesses across the country. Together, these businesses reported steady revenue growth, an increase in employment and confidence in the buy local movement.

11 Feb, 2016
‘Tis the Season to Buy Local

‘Tis the Season to Buy Local

When you shop at locally owned stores, stay at locally owned hotels and eat at locally owned restaurants this holiday season, you’ll give your community the gift of prosperity

4 Dec, 2015
Small Business will Leverage What’s Unique

Small Business will Leverage What’s Unique

In addition to a high participation rate in American Express’s Small Business Saturday, SMBs plan to employ a wide variety of tactics to attract shoppers, many of which leverage the “local” angle.

10 Nov, 2014
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