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AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

RT @ilsr: 🚨NEW REPORT:🚨 Why are small businesses disappearing? Its not that they can't compete. Our nationwide survey finds that concentrat…

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AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

"Walmart drives out local competitors by selling goods at a loss, relying on Wall Street backing and revenue from o… https://t.co/hlZCkvx9Ms

- 1.3556050228311 year ago

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AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

Nike and Adidas are cutting out independent shoe retailers with outrageous minimum orders. https://t.co/LhAmWcnBUL

- 1.3577815829528 year ago

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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

Click and learn more about joining AIB.

Latest Tweets

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

RT @ilsr: 🚨NEW REPORT:🚨 Why are small businesses disappearing? Its not that they can't compete. Our nationwide survey finds that concentrat…

- 1.3253077118214 year ago

h J R

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

"Walmart drives out local competitors by selling goods at a loss, relying on Wall Street backing and revenue from o… https://t.co/hlZCkvx9Ms

- 1.3556050228311 year ago

h J R

AIB Coalition AIBCoalition

Nike and Adidas are cutting out independent shoe retailers with outrageous minimum orders. https://t.co/LhAmWcnBUL

- 1.3577815829528 year ago

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.

Click and learn how AIB is addressing these key issues facing independent businesses

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