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Shop with Local Independent Retailers!
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» South Dakota Rural Enterprise Inc. found that a dollar spent at an independent retailer is usually spent six to 15 times in the community before heading out of town. Just $1 can create $5 to $14 of value in the immediate area.
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» According to the Indiana Main Street Program, only 6 cents of a dollar spent at a big-box retailer stays in the area.
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» The Institute for Local Self-Reliance found that each $100 spent at local independents generated $45 of secondary local spending, compared with $14 for a big-box chain.
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» According to the SBA, since 1990 big businesses eliminated 4 million jobs, while small businesses added 8 million jobs.
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» A Civic Economics study in New Orleans found that if residents and visitors were to shift 10 percent of their spending from chains to local businesses, it would generate an additional $235 million a year in local economic activity, creating many new opportunities and jobs.
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» According to the Andersonville Study of Retail Economics, local business generates 70 percent more local economic activity per square foot than big-box retailers.
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» A survey published in the journal Local Economy found that 57.2 percent of small-firm workers scored in the highest commitment/employee loyalty category, compared with 40.5 percent of large-firm workers.
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