For the last 12 years Smart Saver has worked hard for local businesses, helping to showcase the best value services and products in the Sutherland Shire. Our makeover to the new Shop Local brand is to highlight and remind the local community of the ever increasing importance of spending our money locally.
The world is moving forward at an increasing pace and as a consequence our expectations are ever increasingly demanding. With online shopping growing apace, an item we desire may only be a few clicks or taps away. However, we don’t really give a second thought to whether our dollars spent are benefitting our national economy, let alone our local community.
While it may not be possible to source all our needs from our local retailers and tradesman, here are a few reasons to think twice before you make your next purchase:
It creates local jobs.
Regarded as the backbone of our economy, small business contributes to almost half of local employment. Every dollar spent in your local area affects the standard of living of half the people you know directly. The more local jobs the less impact on commuting to city centres for employment.
Shopping local helps Australia grow.
Generating a healthy local economy with strong employment levels also means the majority of the money you spend stays within the community. That’s because local businesses are more likely to purchase from other local businesses. Shopping local keeps the economy local and in turn benefits the wealth of the Australian population, boosting property prices, infrastructure spending and living standards.
Shopping local gives us better consumer choices.
The more choices you have, the better the deals you can find. We have seen the benefit for consumers increase as the does the competition in everything from airfares to mobile plans.
Local businesses provide the products and personal customer service that you won’t find with big multi-national chain stores and overseas-based online retailers. You can purchase what you truly want instead of being left to choose from a handful of low-quality, high-profit-margin items.
We have this false idea that we won’t find the things we need in the local store and have been lead to believe they will be more expensive from the smaller retailers. That’s simply not true; small business owners are more willing to accommodate and stock special items for their customers at competitive prices.
Shop Local encourages you to do just that: shop local and rediscover the quality, savings and benefits of shopping right here at home.
Over
82,000
Copies
Every
4
Weeks
For the past
18
Years