Retailers declare 'local' day.Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard A week and a half after Independence Day, the Eugene-area's independent retailers are hoping for some fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to of their own. Today has been declared Independents Day by the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Helios Resource Network and a group of about 25 locally owned small businesses. The goal is to light the fuse of public awareness and get some pop out of studies that demonstrate the value of independent businesses to their communities. "I have a soft spot in my heart for local businesses," says Cary Thompson Thompson, city, Canada Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. , president of Helios Resource Network. "There are just a lot of reasons for people to support them." Thompson cites the Andersonville Study of Retail Economics - conducted in 2004 by the research firm Civic Economics - which showed that $73 of every $100 spent in locally owned stores remained in the northside Chicago community of Andersonville, compared to just $43 at nationally owned stores. The study showed that only $14 of every $100 spent at so-called big-box stores This article has multiple issues: * Its factual accuracy is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. remains in the community where the store is located. "This year, we're just starting out with the idea (of Independents Day)," Thompson says. "We'll try to make it an annual event." The event - which will bring discounts of some locally produced items, wine-tastings and other promotions at participating stores - kicked off with a gathering of speakers and musicians Thursday night at Cozmic Pizza in downtown Eugene. Celtic music Celtic music is a term utilized by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe. and coffee tasting also will be on tap today at Sundance Natural Foods, 748 E. 24th Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent ., in Eugene. "We're just trying to raise people's awareness about the importance of locally owned, independent businesses," says Gavin McComas, the Sundance owner. "People develop relationships with their local stores and with the people who work there," he says. "It's the kind of the social experience one doesn't have in the big-box stores." Other retailers participating in the Independents Day promotion include the 15-or-so members of Unique Eugene, an association of locally owned retailers, along with stores such as Red Barn The Red Barn was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in the early-1960s in Dayton, Ohio by Harry Barmier. Red Barn restaurants were in the shape of barns with a glass front and limited seating. Natural Grocery, Capella Market and Tsunami Books. Similar "Independents Day" events have been staged by other communities around the country, including Austin, Texas, and Tallahassee, Fla. |
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