AMIBA News & Updates
This Halloween Choose Indie Local 🎃
Halloween is a great time to Choose Indie Local. Total Halloween spending is expected to reach a record $12.2 billion, exceeding last year’s record of $10.6 billion.
Farming and Fermenting with a Light Touch at Barmann Cellars
By Sustainable Connections: Stephanie Barmann and Jesse Nickerson are the farmers and fermenters...
Shop Early, Shop Indie Local
Why promote Shop Indie Local early this holiday season? Because more of us are shopping early for...
Celebrate Choose Indie Art Month in October
This October, celebrate the arts during Choose Indie Art Month hosted by the American Independent Business Alliance.
Resilient Local Economies Fall 2023 Internship
Join American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of MA, and...
Celebrate National Farmers Market Week During Eat Indie Local Month
National Farmers Market Week is a great opportunity to show the nation how much value markets bring to their communities.
Midtown Named Bookstore of the Year
By Publishers Weekly: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, a general-interest store that occupies two...
2023 Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign Presented By … YOU?
Become a Shop Indie Local Holiday Campaign sponsor to help us raise awareness around the importance of supporting locally owned businesses.
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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.