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One of the primary arguments against buying local is the idea that local goods are more expensive than those offered by national chains. While big-box retailers often pride themselves on offering the lowest prices in town, a true comparison of the cost and value of local goods versus chain products could surprise you.
Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” If you believe in your product and you can quickly adapt to feedback, you will eventually find a way to market it effectively.
For small businesses, competing with large corporations can seem like a battle of David vs. Goliath. Given their limited staff and access to resources, small businesses often lack the name recognition necessary to secure larger, more lucrative contracts.
Whether you have school-age children or not, it’s almost impossible to avoid the barrage of back-to-school advertising from the national chains. This includes all the office supply chains. Back to school is as big, if not bigger, than Christmas to office supply chains. But are the so-called deals really that good?
Community-supported art programs are popping up all over the country, demonstrating that the concept works just as well for art lovers as for locavores
To speed the recovery — we need more transactions, faster — in our local economies
You may order a coffee with cream and sugar, but you’ll leave Mike’s Community Cup with much more. At this independent coffee shop in SeaTac, Washington, your coffee craving will bring you the satisfaction of helping your local community.
Michigan has topped many headlines for being in a struggling economic state, but we are on the comeback trail, thanks to brave entrepreneurs and the consumers who support them.
Digital technology and the marketing possibilities of websites and social media are making small businesses both bigger and better known.
When you enter the Center for Weight Loss Success in Newport News, VA, it’s readily apparent that this physician’s office was designed with you in mind.
