“Buy Local” Helps Main Street Merchants and Other Independents Survive Recession
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/buy-local-helps-main-street-merchants-and-other-independents-survive-recession/A growing body of evidence suggests that public enthusiasm for all things local and independent is on the rise, providing locally owned businesses with a measure of insulation from the worst effects of the recession, even as some of their biggest competitors teeter and collapse. Continue reading


