Vermont’s small businesses face an Amazon problem

A checkout counter sign at Manchester’s Northshire Bookstore encourages shoppers to buy local. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerStacy Mitchell has seen all the headlines: Take “Vermont Last State in America to Get a Walmart.” Or “The Only State Capital Without a McDonald’s.” Or “Towns Have an Image, and They Say Dollar Stores Aren’t Part of It.”
“Vermont,” she says, “has more small businesses per capita and the least bi