Holiday Gift Guide: Local Gifts

If I have to buy something, I’d rather buy it from my friends and neighbors. Shopping locally, supporting small businesses, is one of the most-satisfying types of retail therapy out there. Plus, for every $100 you spend at an independent, local business, $68 stays here; when shopping at a national chain, only $43 remains in the community, according to the Andersonville Study of Retail Economics. So not only does “it matter where you make it,” it matters where you buy it.