{{B}}Shop-local Group Offers Economic Impact Figures{{/B}}
Can If consumers in Hillsborough County can limited their spending on one Saturday
Correct to independent, locally owned businesses instead of chain stores, more than
34 ＄17 million would even remain in the local economy instead of being shipped to
35 outside corporations as overnight deposits. So it say representatives of the
36 Tampa Independent Business Alliance, who base their calculation on studies that
37 made by the American Independent Business Alliance. The national study found
38 that since locally owned businesses began to use goods and services of other
39 businesses in the community, a consumer's spending circulates 3 up to 31/2
40 times longer locally than if it is spent on at a chain. On Saturday, the local group
41 will be working with the national organization and more than all 25 other
42 communities across the country to broadcast the benefits coming of the
43 shop-local movement. The educational event, "American Unchained", will be
44 promoted at independent businesses such as Inkwood Books in Tampa. "We
45 want people to think about where their dollars actually end up to, " said Carla
Jimenez, co-owner of Inkwood and president of Tampa Independent Business Alliance.