Local Business

A New Walmart Can Cost The Surrounding Community Millions

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Walmart, Small Business, Puget Sound, Walmart Employees, Local Business, Video, Walmart Impact, Walmart Workers, Walmart Wages, Walmart Seattle, Walmart Economic Impact, Walmart Bribery, Walmart Mexico, Seattle, Business News

Let's say a new Walmart is opening in your town. Should you be worried? According to recent research from a Seattle-area advocacy group, the answer...

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Before It's Too Late: Rethinking the Daily Deals Business Model

Dave Gilbertson | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Daily Deals, Deal Sites, Daily Deals Model, Repeat Customers, Business Models, Word of Mouth, Daily Deal Sites, Local Business, Small Business News

In the meteoric rise of the deals industry, local merchants have found that they receive once-and-done boatloads of deal-seekers. It's a world set up for the deal providers' success, not the local merchants,' and it must change.

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Niles, IL: How Local Car Dealers Survived, Thrived

niles.patch.com | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Gm, Niles Il, Small Business, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Illinois, General Motors, Car Dealerships, Niles-Illinois, Local Business, Business News

“We were in competition with ourselves. We were all offering a different version of the same vehicle."...

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Keeping Local Business Afloat

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Long Island Retail, Long Island Boat Show, Long Island, Consumer Confidence, Boating, New York Economy, Economy, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Cash-Mob, Boating Business, Consumer Spending, Boat Shows, Local Business, New York News

"I came here to spend money!" exclaimed a visitor to the recent Long Island Boat Show. She told me that she received her first raise in three years and she was embarking on a one-woman operation to help our local economy.

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Thinking Outside The Shirt Box: Give The Gift Of Service

blog.aarp.org | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Holidays, Community Service, Local Businesses, Volunteering, Giving Back, Service, Local-Shopping, Volunteers, Volunteerism, Giving Back to the Community, Local Business, Fifty News

Do you remember when you were a child and the Sears catalog would arrive right before the holidays and you, or at least I would, go through and circle...

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Buying Local Yields More Jobs, Stronger Communities

Jeff Milchen | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: American Independent Business Alliance, Small Business America, Small Business, Holiday Shopping, Local Economies, Shopping, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Local Business, Independent Businesses, Small Business News

Even a modest shift of 10% more spending going to independent community-based businesses this season would create dramatic changes for the better in our economy, including a wave of new job creation.

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Dacula, GA: Local Businessman Working To Keep His Dream Alive

dacula.patch.com | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Dracula-Ga, Georgia, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Self-Employed, Local Business, Home News

"Living the American dream to me is trying to make my own way, trying to make my own business ..."...

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Investing In Local Businesses Can Do You Well, Them Good

Daily Finance | Loren Berlin | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Loren Berlin, Daily Finance, Small Business, Local Investing, Aol, Corporations, Greenlight Books, Local Business, Business News

When it comes to my money, I often feel like I have to choose between "doing good" -- that is, using it to improve the world by, say, donating to char...

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Use Game Mechanics To Build Customer Loyalty

Seth Priebatsch | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Customer Loyalty, Games, Game Mechanics, Small Business, Amex, Business Strategy, Sxsw, South by Southwest, Rewards Programs, Opentable, Seth-Priebatsch, Levelup, Scvngr, Customers, Small Business America, Beer, Local Business, Location Based Services, Business News

Game mechanics are more than just a way to have fun with your customers -- they can also solve real problems. If you're not thinking of your customers as gamers yet, you're missing out on all the fun.

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5 Restaurants Making The Most Out Of Social Media

Wiley Cerilli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Facebook, iPhone Apps, Social Media Marketing, New York, Local Business, Iphone, Social Media, Foodspotting, Groupon, Advertising, Restaurants, Slidepollajax, Food, Marketing, Customers, San Francisco, Small Business America, Business News

You're an expert chef with a beautiful restaurant, friendly staff and great food. In the past, you've successfully managed your customer flow through ...

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Dharavi, India: The Most Entrepreneurial Slum In The World?

Randall Kempner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, India, Small Business, Poverty, Third World, Mumbai, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Slumdog Millionaire, Small Business America, Local Business, Business News

Dharavi may not change much in this generation, but the power of entrepreneurship offers great hope for the next.

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A Marshall Plan for the Middle East?

Glenn Hubbard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marshall Plan, Egypt, Middle East, US Aid, World Bank, Glenn Hubbard, Oil, Columbia Business School, Economic Aid, Local Business, Ngo, Infrastructure, Business News

All prosperous countries of the world got that way not through government infrastructure, food aid, or NGO projects, but through the growth of a domestic business sector.

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To the Employees At The Borders' Stores Scheduled To Close: Open A Bookstore

Toby Barlow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bookstore, Borders, Retail, Small Business, Independent-Businesses, Small Business America, Local Business, Business News

Just because headquarters can't figure out how to make your location viable does not mean you can't. You've been sitting behind the cash register for years now saying, "If it was up to me..." So, do it!

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Buy Local Campaigns Boost Small Business Revenues

Jeff Milchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Independent Business Alliance, Walmart, Independent Business, Small Business, Buy Local, American Small Business League, Local Business, Business News

Campaigns that highlight the importance of local independent business can provide a big boost for small businesses and local economies battered by the recession, suggests a new survey by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

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To Market, To Market! Farmers Markets Should Make Some Noise During National Farmers Market Week

Stacy Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, National Farmers Market Week, Sustainable Agriculture, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Local Farmers, Local Business, Farmers Markets, Green News

Next week, (August 2-8) is National Farmers Market Week as proclaimed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and the nation's 4,800 farmers markets have a lot to celebrate!

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Faux Localization: The New Greenwashing?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Main Street, Business, Starbucks, Ecotherapy, Relocalization, Greenwashing, Local Business, Local Economy, Green News

The trend toward local economies may be convincing the giant multinationals like Starbucks to start disguising the affiliations of their stores.

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Local Real Estate Opportunities Open up Through Green Financing

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Sba, Small Business Administration, Green Loans, Small Business, Business, Local Business, Business News

The Small Business Admistration has amended its existing 504 loan program, which was originally created to encourage small- to medium-sized business o...

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Farmers Markets are the Stores of the Future

Makenna Goodman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sustinable-Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Business, Local Business, Farmers Markets, Food, Healthy Living News

By gradually re-localizing our food production we can return to an agricultural system that is much less energy intensive.

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