Linkspam 9-11-2012: Indie super heroes
“We feel that being a local brand increasingly is going to be important for companies that are not trying to compete solely on price.” Chains Evolve to ‘Own Local’ in Their Markets—is this good, bad, creepy—?- “There are advantages to online shopping — gas saved, ease of comparison pricing, etc. — that may well exceed the costs of paying the sales tax. And if sales taxes dwindle as a revenue source, states will have to hike other taxes simply to maintain a consistent level of services. It’s actually in most people’s interest for Congress to provide for the collection of state taxes on all online purchases.” (This is an OLD issue—see this article from 2000.)
- WHAT? “He was prepared to compete against businesses large and small – but not against a government-financed competitor.”
- “Counties dominated by a few big firms have lower levels of social capital and less engaged citizens than those in which economic activity is dispersed across many locally owned businesses”.
- Why does indie matter? “Choosing a locally owned store generates almost four times as much economic benefit for the surrounding region as shopping at a chain, a new study has concluded. The analysis also found that eating at a local restaurant produces more than twice the local economic impact of dining at a chain restaurant.”
