What better time to have a celebration of the basic tenets of American society than Independence Day? In the days leading up to our nation's 233rd birthday, we ask that you stop and think about what makes the U.S. special, unique and a nation that stands alone in the world as an ideal. Now stop and think about what makes your community special and unique. Is it the McDonald's down the street? The Rite-Aid or the Starbucks? Maybe the HomeGoods store or Marshalls or The Home Depot? I'm thinking it's not. Every community, more or less, has these big-box and chain stores. More likely, it's that great little liquor store down the street, or the cleaners that also does wonderful alterations that gives your community its character. It's that fabulous little gift shop or stationery boutique where you can find the choicest offerings that you can't find everywhere else. These brick and mortar stores are the foundation of your community and in reality, are the foundation of business in the United States today. Used to be, all stores were mom & pop operations....we are the businesses that America was built on and I'm proud to be an independent retailer!
In that light, Webster's Fine Stationers is celebrating its great American heritage with a heartfelt thank you to our supporters. We urge everyone to rethink their shopping habits and patronize their local businesses. Read about The 3/50 Project.....go to their website, http://www.the350project.net/ and register as a supporter. If you're a retailer, register also, and use their promotional material and make a change in this retail environment. Say no! to the big boxes and chains and yes! to independent businesses!
In that light, Webster's Fine Stationers is celebrating its great American heritage with a heartfelt thank you to our supporters. We urge everyone to rethink their shopping habits and patronize their local businesses. Read about The 3/50 Project.....go to their website, http://www.the350project.net/ and register as a supporter. If you're a retailer, register also, and use their promotional material and make a change in this retail environment. Say no! to the big boxes and chains and yes! to independent businesses!For our celebration of American Heritage, we've printed up notecards you can address to our troops for the 4th of July. Make a serviceman or woman's day brighter by telling them just how much you appreciate their courageous contribution to keeping America free. Webster's Fine Stationers will take all your cards and forward them on to our military servicepeople. Just ask a crewmember for one of the cards at the counter.
Remember, my friends....shop local, keep your money in the community where it belongs and have a fabulous 4th of July!
2 comments:
In the same spirit of 3/50 I suggest that the local retailers clearly label ALL their merchandise by "localness". "Made in Altadena", "Made in LA County", "Made in California", "Made in the USA", "Made in North America", "Imported from very far away".
Then we informed consumers could decide to shop the places that allow us to make choices that have the maximum local impact.
We appreciate your suggestion and want to tell you that we're in the process of doing just that. Hang in there with us and we'll get things labeled as soon as we can. Until then, just ask a crew member and they'll be more than happy to point out our local and regionally made products.
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