AMIBA News & Updates
2023 Thanksgiving Holiday Sees Record Sales
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.
Choose Indie Sustainable Month: Call for Partners
Grow our Choose Indie Sustainable Month Campaign, part of the Choose Indie Local year-round movement. Become a partner!
Eat, Drink, and Be Local: Year-End Sales
How can we continue to promote Shop Indie Local during the last days of 2021 and into the new year?
Panic Saturday: Keep Calm and Shop Indie Local On
December 18 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!
The Grain Shed: Brewer, Baker, Social-Bond Maker
From Measure Meant (WA): The Grain Shed is a vertical co-op located in Spokane, Washington. It was...
Digging Deeper: Eat Indie Local 2.0
To build on our Eat Indie Local Month campaign, we're looking for your feedback on how we can help...
Shop Indie Local Week: Plaid Friday, Cider Monday, and Much More
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.
How Locally Owned Businesses Can Celebrate Choose Black-Owned Month
Do you sell products and services from Black-Owned businesses? Give them a shout-out during Shop Black-Owned Month.
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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...
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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.