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SUMMARY:Small Business Saturday
DESCRIPTION:Benefits of Local Shopping\n\n\n	Local Economy Support: For every $100 spent at locally owned independent stores\, $68 circulates within the local economy. This includes contributions through taxes\, payroll\, and other local expenditures.\n	Comparison with National Chains: When shopping at national chain stores\, only $43 remains in the local economy. This figure decreases substantially when shopping online\, where typically nothing contributes back to the local community.\n\n\nOverall Importance\n\nShopping locally helps sustain jobs\, support local entrepreneurs\, and keep the community vibrant. It fosters a unique identity for our towns and strengthens the local economy. It's our local businesses that provide the sponsorships that support events like the Tree Lighting Celebrations\, Winterfest\, and North Reading Town Day.\n\n\n\nBe sure to SHOP SMALL all Season Long!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:20px\;"><strong>Benefits of Local Shopping</strong></span></p>\n\n<ul style="margin: 0px 0px 8px\; padding-right: 0px\; padding-left: 20px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-family: DuckSansProduct\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, Roboto\, Oxygen-Sans\, Ubuntu\, Cantarell\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Noto Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-size: 14.4px\; vertical-align: baseline\; list-style-position: initial\; list-style-image: initial\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; letter-spacing: 0.072px\;">\n	<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 16px\; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-size: 16.4571px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Local Economy Support</span>: For every&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">$100 spent</span>&nbsp\;at locally owned independent stores\,&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">$68</span>&nbsp\;circulates within the local economy. This includes contributions through taxes\, payroll\, and other local expenditures.</li>\n	<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 16px\; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-size: 16.4571px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Comparison with National Chains</span>: When shopping at national chain stores\, only&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">$43</span>&nbsp\;remains in the local economy. This figure decreases substantially when shopping online\, where typically&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">nothing</span>&nbsp\;contributes back to the local community.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3 style="margin: 40px 0px 12px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-weight: 700\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 24px\; font-family: DuckSansProduct\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, Roboto\, Oxygen-Sans\, Ubuntu\, Cantarell\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Noto Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-size: 21px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; letter-spacing: -0.2px\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Overall Importance</h3>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 1.5\; font-family: DuckSansProduct\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, Roboto\, Oxygen-Sans\, Ubuntu\, Cantarell\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Noto Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; font-size: 16.4571px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; animation: 0.5s ease-in-out 0s 1 normal forwards running uw7MuK6mMhzORp5Jtfgj\; white-space-collapse: break-spaces\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; letter-spacing: 0.072px\;">Shopping locally helps sustain jobs\, support local entrepreneurs\, and keep the community vibrant. It fosters a unique identity for our towns and strengthens the local economy. It&#39\;s our local businesses that provide the sponsorships that support events like the Tree Lighting Celebrations\, Winterfest\, and North Reading Town Day.<br />\n<br />\nBe sure to SHOP SMALL all Season Long!</p>\n
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URL:https://business.readingnreadingchamber.org/events/details/small-business-saturday-1759
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