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11/11/21 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive: Accessing City Funding
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on November 11 to share ideas and experiences on accessing city...
10/14/21 Recap: Local Leaders Roundtable: What’s New at AMIBA: Shop Indie Local
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on October 14 to learn about all the new features of Shop Indie...
Small Business Rising Social Media and Digital Toolkit
Small Business Rising’s (SBR) biweekly social media toolkit provides social media content for...
Access to Markets Symposium: What You Can Do Next
“Taking on monopolies is about allowing capitalism to act as it should…Part of the answer lies in the lack of competition, and we see it from everything from cat foods to caskets.”
Give More: Shop Indie Local
Even with a smaller budget, you can give more this holiday season. How? By joining the Shop Indie...
Artists Sunday
We invite all professional artists to join Artists Sunday, a national marketing campaign and event...
Recap: 9/9/21 Local Leaders Roundtable: Nuts & Bolts: Creating Effective Boards and Committees
The Local Leaders Roundtable met on September 9 to discuss a topic that challenges almost...
Top Ten Reasons to Become a Shop Indie Local Partner
It’s throughout the holiday shopping season — a critical time to amplify Shop Local messaging. It...
Industry News Feed
New Report: Amazon’s Toll Road
Amazon’s Toll Road report finds that Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep fees on third-party sellers.
Move Your Money Podcast
Good for Michigan's People First Economy created a two-part mini-podcast highlighting their Move Your Money campaign. This campaign was created to spread awareness around the importance of keeping your money locally, the impacts of our current financial system, and...
Small Business Anti-Displacement Network
Small businesses are a vital part of economically healthy, socially vibrant, and environmentally sustainable communities. AMIBA is proud to partner with the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN). We are eager to share their recently released brown paper that...
Businesses Tell of the Impacts of Facing Amazon
From Cambridge Day As Amazon prioritizes delivery speed and low prices, often at the cost of its employees’ well-being, many bricks-and-mortar businesses feel they can’t compete. But cutting delivery times isn’t the only way Amazon gets ahead: Some business owners...
Upper Valley Restaurants Take On Delivery Apps
From the Valley News In what amounts to a David-versus-Goliath challenge, a new Upper Valley home delivery startup wants to deliver your lunch or dinner, groceries, dog food and a wide variety of other items purchased from local retailers directly to your door. Read...
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