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Recent News

AIB To Host Roundtable on Succession Planning and Tools for Business Valuation June 19, 2019
AIB to Host Roundtable Call on Running and Growing Your Association March 20, 2019
In Joint Comments to Federal Trade Commission, AIB Members Oppose Recently Approved Staples-Essendant Merger February 28, 2019
In Support of Antitrust Rulemaking, AIB Members Submit Comments to Federal Trade Commission on Impact of Amazon’s Platform Power November 15, 2018
Local Policy Matters, New Advocacy Toolkit Outlines Local Policies to Support Independent Businesses July 10, 2018

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AIB Members

+ American Booksellers Association
+ American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
+ Brixy
+ Fabric Shop Network
+ Independent Office Products & Furniture Dealers Association
+ Running Industry Association

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Latest Tweets

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

RT @theAMIBA: We're excited to see @Local1stIthaca become the latest local business coalition to engage in #Independents Week! “What’s more…

h J R

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

RT @ABAbook: The City of Pittsburgh welcomed 330 children’s booksellers from 230 indie bookstores, plus 70 authors and numerous publishers…

h J R

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

RT @IndWeStand: How to Celebrate Your Independents in a Big Box World https://t.co/8fBFePywDA via @SmallBizDaily

h J R

Our Issues

Access to Credit
The availability of loans and capital for local small businesses has declined significantly over the last decade.

Antitrust and Competition Policy
As markets become more highly concentrated and more transactions shift online, big corporations and dominant companies can exclude and impede independent businesses from competing.

Economic Development Subsidies
Cities and counties provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives to support shopping malls, big-box stores, chain hotels, and other developments that undermine locally owned businesses.

Government Procurement
Concerted efforts by big business to secure public sector purchasing contracts from the local to federal levels, are locking out independent businesses from the government procurement marketplace.

Sales Tax Fairness
Independent brick-and-mortar retailers have a competitive disadvantage because they are required to collect sales taxes, while many large online competitors are not.

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