TOOLKIT
 
 
Free "Shop Outside the Box" and "Proud to Be an Independent Retailer" logos for you to download and use.
For t-shirts, caps, buttons and other products featuring these logos, please see our Independent Retailer Resource Center shop.
The Independent Retailer Resource Center seeks to ensure the success of the Independent Retailer by offering a variety of helpful tools and resources:
- Form/Join a Shop Local Campaign
 
  • AMIBA
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  • BALLE
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  • Indie Bound
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  • Portland Buy Local - Home
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  • Sustainable Connections
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  • Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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  • Main Street
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  • The Hometown Advantage (New Rules)
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  • Buy Local Day
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  • Find Support on Facebook
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    - Brand Yourself as an Independent Retailer
     
  • Proud to Be an Independent Retailer
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  • How to Start a Buy Local Campaign
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  • How to Publicize Your Store, Carol L. Schroeder
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  • Sustainable Connections: Create a Local Living Economy in Your Community
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  • Reading Room, Trunkt.org
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  • Ways to Market Your Independent Retail Business
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  • Promoting Independent Stores and Shopping Local
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  • Supporting Independent Boutiques and Brands
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  • The 3/50 Project
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  • Indie Brand Guide
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  • ShiftMob
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  • The Gift and Home Channel Facebook
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  • I Buy NEO
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  • Thanking Your Customers for Shopping Local
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  • Promote Buying Local During the Holidays
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  • The Buy Local Call to Action, Specialty Shop Retailing
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    - Recommended Reading
     
  • Specialty Shop Retailing Resource List
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  • AMIBA
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  • Shoptimism: Why the American Consumers Will Keep on Buying No Matter What, Lee Eisenberg. New York: Free     Press, 2009
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  • The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop (a documentary)
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    Design Courtesy of Bombay Brains Media