AMIBA News & Updates
Shop Indie Local Holiday Inspiration: Noel Night
Celebrating Local Businesses at Local First’s Annual Noel Night Local First La Plata County (CO)...
Kindred Indie Locals
From The Keene Sentinel (NH): Linda Smith Davis of Greenfield, creator of the New England Fine...
Give a Gift to Your Community this Holiday Season and Shop Indie Local
Starting with our Thanksgiving meal, we’re purchasing more of our holiday gifts and celebration needs from our friends and neighbors — locally owned business owners.
Gift Local: Holiday Gift Guides and Online Marketplaces
Make it easier to Gift Local and Shop Indie Local, create a simple online Gift Guide.
Myti: More Than Just an Amazon Rival
From Seven Days (VT): When Bill Calfee announced in 2020 that he was creating a local alternative...
This Fall 🍁 Shop Small
Why promote Shop Indie Local early this holiday season? Because more of us are shopping early for holiday gifts.
Invest Indie Art: Support Independent Artists and Creatives in Your Community
“Art is not only about what an artist creates,” said Sarah L. Stewart, N.H. Department of Natural...
Anti-Prime Days Campaigns: A Prime Time to Make Ripples
Amazon’s Prime Days (Tuesday, July 16 – Wednesday, July 17, 2024)are PRIME times to focus on the Local Multiplier and other ways our communities benefit when we Choose Indie Local.
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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...
Read moreU.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies https://t.co/NDbQz9Ab2H
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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.
The World’s Hub for Local Investing
The Main Street Journal, with sponsorship of the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) and funding from the Heron Foundation, is the world’s hub for local investing news and events.