National Independent Retailer Month Continues

Published by admin on Tue, 07/16/2024 - 3:28pm

The celebration of July as National Retailer Month continues this week and many of the community’s locally-owned hometown businesses are marking the occasion with advertised specials in this issue.

Look inside for information about these firms: Ol’ Mill Meats, Milbank EyeCare Center and the Grant County Review in addition to returning participants from last week. They are Dakota Country Ag Services, Berens Market, Al’s Body Shop, Valley Queen Heritage Center and Cheese Shop, Habanero’s, UPI, The Pump 2.0, Dewey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping and The Flower Shoppe. Some are promoting their services and others have special offers or coupons for their customers.

Independent Retailer Month encourages consumers to shop local and celebrate indie retailers, creating more sustainable towns. The greater area is fortunate to have a diverse variety of independently-owned shops, service providers and eateries, in addition to the many other businesses to create a well-rounded economic base.

The independent retailers are important to small communities because, according to South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Inc., “A dollar spent at an independent retailer is usually spent six to 15 times in the community before heading out of town. Just $1 can create $5 to $14 of value in the immediate area.”

Research shows that the small-scale, locally-owned businesses create communities that are more prosperous, entrepreneurial, connected and generally better off, reports the Institute for Local Self-Resilience. The organization also states on its website, “For every $10 million spent on Amazon it creates 14 jobs vs 57 jobs when $10 million is spend at independents.”

Be sure to check out the offers in this week’s ad and look back to last week’s issue if you missed it.