1. Despite bleak forecasts, local retailers optimistic
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...  Angelos Angelou, principal executive officer of AngelouEconomics, said for most local retailers, the holiday season can count for 30 to 35 percent of the total year’s sales. “It is an important ...

2. Business alliance urges consumers to shop local
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... & Video generated a combined $6.9 million in the local economy compared to less than $1 million from Borders, according to the most recent comparison report released by Civic Economics in 2003. To ...

3. It'a s local thing. Independent business alliance gains traction
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... relevant than ever given the economic crisis, co-founder Steve Bercu said. According to a study commissioned by the alliance and conducted by statistical analysis firm CivicEconomics, money spent at ...

4. The Corporate Co-Opt of Local
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... its press materials and web site a reference to a study that found that, for every $100 spent locally, $45 stays in the community. The problem was that the study, conducted by the firm Civic Economics, ...

5. Local Small-business Owners Hope Trend of Shopping Local Continues in New Year
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... in the local economy, gives consumers more choices and it keeps Austin from becoming Anywhere, U.S.A." In an economic impact analysis Civic Economics performed in 2002, it was shown that for every $100 ...

6. Revving Up for Slow Times: How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... Advisors report. For Austin shopkeepers and restaurateurs who normally may do 30% of their business during the holiday season, hopes are not merry and bright. Nationally, Wachovia Economics Group ...

7. Austin Unchained: Keeping Our Dollars Weird
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... stronger "I live here, I give here" passion ? yet another reason to spend with them. Doing the Math Why do locally owned businesses have three times the economic impact? According to the Civic Economics ...

8. Retailers Pull Out All Stops to Combat Poor Projections
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... forecast to be not so merry. Holiday sales, including Web sales, are projected to drop below those of 2001, among the weakest years on record, according to a report by Wachovia Economics Group. That ...

9. Shoppers Wanted. Apply Within
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... a Borders Books and Music from plopping down at Sixth Street and Lamar Boulevard, adjacent to local iconic businesses BookPeople and Waterloo Records & Video, a study performed by Civic Economics found ...

10. Austin Study Says City Pays Price for Big-Boxes
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... AFSCME Local 1624---commissioned an independent review. The review team included Dan Houston of Civic Economics, an Austin-based economic analysis firm, and University of Texas professors Michael Oden ...

11. Local-Only Shopping Day Boosts Austin Business Alliance
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... locally owned. . . By choosing to shop locally owned for just one day, we can contribute $14 million to our local economy," the posters read, referencing a Civic Economics study that found that the event ...

12. How supporting local businesses helps Austin
(News & Reports/News & Reports)

... do I want to live here?" Buying locally also improves the economy of Austin as a whole. A study conducted by Civic Economics showed that much more of the money spent at locally owned businesses stays ...