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Shop Local Movements Boost Indie Sales
The 2013 post-holiday Independent Business Survey, conducted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has found that independent businesses experienced solid revenue growth in 2012, buoyed in part by “buy local first” initiatives and growing public interest in supporting locally owned businesses. This is the fifth year that the survey has underscored the strong positive influence of the shop local/local first movement. Among the findings in the data from 2,377 independent businesses.
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