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2013
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| May |
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- Dining Local Benefits Your Community as Well as Your Taste Buds!
- Innovative CSA and business incubator in Oregon
- Getting local governments to go local
- Get ready for Independents Week 2013!
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| March |
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- New local investment ideas from IBAs
- Start planning for Independents Week (July 1-7)
- Marketplace Fairness Act introduced into Congress
- AMIBA's increased capacity to help local groups!
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| February |
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- New Valentine's Day ads and templates spread the pro-local message
- Tips on board member recruitment
- Bodega battles in NY
- New tools for indie business owners and groups
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| Special Bulletin |
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- New nationwide survey shows good news for indie business and powerful evidence of value provided by local alliances
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2012
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| December |
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- Recent action by Indie Business Alliances
- Holiday education and promotion resources created by AMIBA and local groups
- Our most popular media shares and social media posts for 2012
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| November |
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- Seven Ways Businesses & Communities Can Fight "Showrooming" and other news
- Why changing shopping habits alone won't lead to a better economy
- Free templates and other tools to help you shift local eyes and dollars to indies
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| October |
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- New studies reinforce economic power of "going local"
- New free holiday outreach tools and ideas
- National collaborative holiday campaigns
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| September |
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- Find an Ally to Start a Pro-Local Campaign
- Individual Business Affiliation Offered
- Sourcing Local Applies to Fundraising, Too
- Tabling Guidelines and Engaging Newcomers
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| August |
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- The Slow-Motion Collapse of American Entrepreneurship
- Building "Buy Local" Campaigns that Shift Culture and Spending
- AMIBA Introduces Spanish Outreach Materials + Individual Business Affiliation
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| June-July |
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- AmEx Opens Big Opportunity for Pro-local Initiatives
- Cash Mob Call Recording
- Gallery of Pro-local T-shirts
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| May |
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- Changing Incentives (federal subsidies/agriculture)
- Chicago Eases Red Tape Tangle
- Cities Move to Support Community-Invested Banks
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| April |
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- Restaurant Farms
- Why Antitrust Law Should Not Block "Agency Pricing."
- After Taxpayer Bailouts: Bigger Banks with Less Competition
- Local Origin Surpasses Organic in Consumer Preference
- 2012 Conference Presentations and Links
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| February-March |
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- Do Thriving Small Businesses Yield Healthier Residents?
- Independent Pharmacies
- Crowdfunding, Kickstarter Article
- Why is the EPA Aiding Corporate Greenwashing?
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| January |
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- 2011 Post-holiday Survey of Independent Businesses
- 2012 AMIBA Conference in Louisville, KY
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2011
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Each issue includes news highlights and local action reports
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| December |
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- "Shift Your Shopping" Generates Wide Support
- Indie Retailers Strike Back Against Amazon.com
- "Go Local, Grow Local" conference announced
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| November |
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- Walmart's Greenwash Exposed
- Marketplace Fairness Act has Bipartisan Support
- Is Yelp Helping Indies Compete vs Chains?
- Community Ownership Model Spreads East
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| Sept-Oct |
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- Business Writer Mark Deo on Surviving Roadblocks
- Houston Passes Local Purchasing Preference
- The Role of Local Elected Officials in Economic Development: 10 Things You Should Know
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| August |
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- Penn State Study: Local Business Ownership is a Key to Local Prosperity.
- Indie Bookstores on the Rise!
- Dense Development Yields More Tax Revenue
- Books on Localization and Independent Business
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| July |
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- USDA's Role in Spreading Misinformation About "food Deserts"
- More Chains in Trouble / Opportunities for Indies
- Sales Tax Fairness Battle Escalates
- Local Procurement and Policy, New Rules Project study
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| June |
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- Pro-Local Public Policy Initiatives (internet sales tax reform bills)
- Fish Local!
- Indie Appliance Stores Beat Chain Competitors
- Tech Tools to Boost your Business
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| May |
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- Micro-Breweries Gain Market Share
- Massachusetts Moves Its Money to Local Banks
- More Home Buyers Seeking Walkable Business Districts
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| April |
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- South Carolina Rejects (Some) Corporate Welfare
- Book Review: The Devolution of Marketing
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| March |
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- Don't Overlook New Health Care Tax Credit
- News Weeklies Team Up to Advance Disaster Relief
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| February |
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- Sales Taxes Reach All-time High in U.S., Amazon Flees Texas to Avoid Fair Competition
- Lesson for Business Owners from Borders Bankruptcy
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| January |
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- Survey Shows IBAs Boosting Indie Businesses
- New Study Ranks Cities by Vitality of Independent Retail
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