Celebrating “Independents” Should be a National Priority
To speed the recovery — we need more transactions, faster — in our local economies
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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.
Why are you even considering becoming more active online? Sometimes the answer to the savvy marketing versus waste question is in the clarity of your goals for becoming more active in social media. And ultimately, the proof is in social media’s impact on the results in your company.
After adopting a black lab named Oliver, Allison Levitt discovered the need for an independent pet supply store in downtown Frederick, Md. Today, that need is satisfied by Allison’s pet-friendly creation, Two Paws Up.
The Washington, D.C. City Council voted Wednesday to pass the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA), which requires big-box retailers to pay workers an hourly wage of at least $12.50.
It’s rare that the manager of an award winning luxury resort is reminded by his guests of how they knew him when he was in diapers, but at The Reefs Resort & Club in Bermuda, it’s business as usual. That’s because resort manager David Dodwell, Jr. practically grew up at the resort first managed by his father and has since returned to run the business himself.
This Fourth of July, celebrate independent businesses – the backbone of the American economy – by eating local burgers, drinking a local brew, or shopping the sale at a local boutique.