Shop Local Champion Gifts

"I'm trying to buy online what I see in your store, and you don't even offer free wifi!"

'Have you been 'helping the environment by supporting local produce' again?'

'It's nothing serious. Rest is the best cure for binge shopping.'

"Everybody should live in a market economy. It's terrific."

Orderly Conduct of Sales

'Let me through - I've a bargain for a nose!'

"The checkout clerk will now testily remind you to press 'ok'."

Let's all go to a farmer's market.

Checkout for $385.00 or more.

Mom & Pop Grocerette

'I hear voices again! Buy! Buy! Buy!'

Tips for a green Christmas by Indian Wild Animals.

"Well SOME people might see it as buying a load of useless, overpriced rubbish but I see it as a brave attempt on my part to support a flagging retail sector."

'I remember when it was a row of quaint little coffee bars and boutiques.'

Tescos: 'Oh no! There's no chocolate at the checkout!'

MADE IN CANADA "Buy Canadian"..."Eh!"

'You're the first person to ask for a shopping hour in addition to a lunch hour.'

'That's Jeb Lambert. He was actually the first one to say 'paper or plastic'. Before that everyone said 'plastic or paper'... I mean, can you imagine?'

"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."

"Foreign wines have ruined me for domestics. I still shop local, but I gripe global."

"Holding her purse? First time?"

One cappuccino please, and I wanted to give you this. A note. How formal. Dear small local independent coffee house ... I went to Starbucks this morning. I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me? What if I agree to purge what I ate? The written apology is sufficient.

Locally made, handcrafted cars - no two alike.

Small store loses out to glossy big store

Impact of E-Commerce

High Street

"In every instance, the invading species replaced the native species."

"Now there are many farm raised ones, but I prefer my eye-of-newt locally sourced."

Great Streets

MOM & POP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Junior, Inc.

Shop Local

Don't Buy Local!

'Shop Local - Christmas Trees.'

"We survived the loss of the blacksmith and the barber shop, but this here is serious!"

"That's EXACTLY what I wanted to know from you."