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Why Buy Local? Why Not? [Infographic]
Nov 21, 2012

Feeling the need to do some holiday shopping over the next few days? No doubt, some will find Black Friday (or, shoot, Black Thursday now) deals too tempting to resist. But if you can wait a day, and focus your buying on small, local businesses on Small Business Saturday, you'll avoid a lot of environmental impact, and do more good for your local economy.

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Posted: Wednesday November 21, 2012, 10:55 am
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