In a struggling economy, sometimes the small local businesses suffer the most. While it might seem like you can get a better deal on some purchases by ordering online from larger companies, it will help you and your community in the long run if you choose to shop with local merchants.  Here are some reasons to buy local:

• Shopping locally helps keep money in the local economy—money spent in locally-owned businesses has up to three times the impact on the community as money spent at corporate chains.
• Shopping locally keeps non-chain shops flourishing, which increases the diversity of the community.
• Local businesses offer a more refined expertise and base of knowledge about their product than large chain stores.
• Local ownership means that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impact of those decisions.
• Independent area businesses pay more local and state taxes than do mega-corporations, keeping the tax flow community-based.
• Supporting local businesses by shopping locally helps fund and maintain jobs in the area, preventing outsourcing and the outflow of economic wealth.
• Local stores are a place to socialize!
• Local businesses compete with one another for business, which gives shoppers many options.
• A healthy local shopping district brings in more local businesses, which grows the local economy.
• Local business owners are more invested in their communities than large chain stores.
• Thriving local shops reduce fuel requirements and eliminate the monopoly and high pricing of supermarkets.

*Source: blogcatalog.com

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