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AMIBA Announces Year-Round Shop Indie Local Initiative
The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) recently expanded its Shop Indie Local holiday campaign, urging individuals and businesses to shift their holiday spending to locally owned and independent businesses…
Local Leaders Roundtable: Local Hive 8/12/21
We’re slowly coming out of our pandemic shell. We know what it looks like to be free of Covid but what does this in-between stage look like? We’re going to take a close look at hybrid events—
From the Executive Director: The Power of Conversations
Conversations connect us. Conversations have power. Conversations offer a pathway to see what we...
Overview: Reform the SBA
AMIBA has partnered with the Reform The SBA Campaign led by Frank Knapp Jr., President, CEO of the...
Lowcountry Local First Welcomes New Executive Director
Lowcountry Local First (LLF), a nonprofit organization that cultivates an economy anchored in...
Help Our Common Good Approach to Monopoly Power by Completing this Simple Survey
AMIBA is inviting you to answer a few questions to catalyze a just and fair approach to monopoly power. We are elevating the voices of small business owners impacted by unfair…
Get Inspired: Eat Local Months
Let's enrich the soil to promote this year’s Eat Local campaign — a celebration of local food,...
SBN’s 31st Annual Conference June 4
AMIBA is excited to sponsor SBN’s Annual Conference: Building Local, Green and Fair Economies—We’re all in this together. On June 4th, the 31st Annual Conference from The Sustainable Business Network
Industry News Feed
Maine Voices: Covid-battered Local Businesses Need Congress to Step Up
For local businesses in Portland, the future is bleak. Portland Buy Local recently surveyed our members and found that nearly 30 percent are considering permanently closing.
“Building Banking Relationships that Stick” workshop helps Cambridge small businesses improve their access by banking local
The Cambridge-Somerville Black Business Network (CSBBN) hosted a free workshop to help local businesses – especially those owned by people of color – learn about and build relationships with three locally-based community banks.
EBay offers Virtual and Live Webinar Sellers School to help small business owners succeed online
EBay is offering two versions of its Sellers School to small businesses in the US. Six weeks of guided training and support to help you grow your business on eBay
Zingerman’s ZingTrain Pandemic response featured at Virtual Conference on Building Equity
Even the most beloved independent businesses were blindsided by the COVID-19 pandemic, and ZingTrain was no exception -- despite being the part of the Zingerman’s family of businesses that teaches people nationwide how to provide exceptional customer service and...
Virtual Conference on Building Equity: The Recap
For Local Economy leaders from more than 26 states, AMIBA’s first-ever Virtual Conference broke extensive new ground, both in content and in experience. The first conference in the Local Economy Movement to treat racial equity as a centrally important issue, and the...
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