Shopping Local Can Make Your Dollars Go Farther

DENVER (CBS4) – Every holiday season there’s a push to spend your gift budget at locally owned stores. Studies have shown that of $100 spent at a local store $68 stays in the local economy, that same $100 spent at a big box store only nets $48 for the local economy.
Ten Thousand Villages in Cherry Creek North is packed full of treasures, many of them with a holiday flare. When you buy a Phoenician wine glass set, you’re supporting a crafts person half way around the world.
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