National Independent Retailer Month
Local Retailers Celebrate Firms’ Independent Status
After celebrating the nation’s Independence Day, the local business owners are joining other entrepreneurs across the country in celebrating July as Independent Retailers Month.
To celebrate Independent Retailer Month, a dozen local businesses are advertising on the back page of this issue. They are Zem’s Appliance, TV and Furniture, Al’s Body Shop, Berens Market, Valley Liquor, Habanero’s Restaurant and Bar, Food–N–Fuel, UPI, Soft Water Plus, Whetstone Home Center, Dewey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping, Hartman’s Family Foods, and Bjordahl Dental Care. Some are promoting their services and others have special offers for their customers.
Independent Retailer Month encourages consumers to shop local and celebrate indie retailers, creating more sustainable towns. The Grant County community is fortunate to have a great variety of independently-owned shops 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 fifteen times in the community before heading out of town. Just $1 can create $5 to $14 of value in the immediate area.”
A growing body of research is proving something that many people already know: 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 for special promotions again in the July 14 issue.
