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How Black-Owned Businesses Can Celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month
Here are some ideas and resources to help you promote your Black-owned business during Choose...
Celebrate How Indie Locals Do Good and Give Back: Choose Indie Sustainable
This March, AMIBA invites you to celebrate Choose Indie Sustainable Month. We're teaming up with...
Good For Governance: Walker-Miller Energy Services
Walker-Miller Energy Services (Walker-Miller) is one of the largest Black- and woman-owned energy-efficiency companies in the United States.
Local Legend: Author Michael H. Shuman
Michael H. Shuman is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a leading visionary on community economics.
Eat, Drink, and Be Local: Year-End Sales
How can we continue to promote Shop Indie Local during the last days of this year and into the new year?
Panic Saturday: Keep Calm and Shop Indie Local On
December 23 is Super Saturday/Panic Saturday, the day when last-minute shoppers scurry furiously for a gift. Remind them to keep calm and Shop Indie Local on!
Celebrating Extraordinary Indie Local Businesses
Call out Indie Local businesses with the American Independent Business Alliance: Celebrating Extraordinary Indie Local Businesses.
How Organizations Can Celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month
Alliances, organizations, and other community groups will celebrate Shop Black-Owned Month with us in February. How will they mark this month?
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Shining a Light on Local First Arizona
In this issue of The Main Street Journal, we’re pleased to interview Kimber Lanning, the founder and CEO of Local First Arizona.
Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape
A new report from Civic Economics: Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape builds a deep understanding of how Amazon affects small businesses and communities across the nation — and how those impacts have changed over the years.
Support the California Employee Ownership Act
From the American Sustainable Business Network TAKE ACTION: Sign-On to Support the California Employee Ownership Act California Senate Bill 1407, the California Employee Ownership Act, introduced by Senator Josh Becker in February 2022, will educate business owners...
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2022 Independent Business Survey: Top Challenges and Policy Priorities
ILSR’s 2022 Independent Business Survey looks at market concentration in our economy and how it is impacting independent business owners.