Love Live Local aims to be a resource for those looking to learn about Cape Cod and foster community connection. We write stories about local businesses, things to do, places to go, ways to give back to the community, and demonstrating why it is important to shop local. Feel free to read and share!
We spend a lot of time talking about how damaging shopping on Amazon can be to small businesses and to local economies (see here, here, here, here, and here). And although the online behemoth is one of the greatest threats …
For many local restaurant owners, their brick and mortar spots become a home-away-from-home, and not just for themselves, but for the whole community. Sandwich resident Barb Howell has found such a place in Krua Khun Rose on Cotuit Road in …
For local business advocates across the country, April marks “Move Your Money Month.” Love Live Local joins these partners along with the American Independent Business Alliance and the Independent Community Bankers of America in urging individuals to support local banks …
As a local business, it is easy to form strong relationships with valued customers, which often means they will go above and beyond to meet the customer’s needs. Kevin Case, an Executive Chef, shares that his strong bond with the …
With the promise of being cheaper, easier and more convenient, ecommerce sales for goods and services have risen from $186.2 billion in 2012 to $870.8 billion in 2021. Not only do these promises not always come true, but corporate online behemoths like Amazon, Walmart, …
There are many reasons beyond the simple economics for supporting local businesses. Yes, they reinvest more of their profits into the local economy than their corporate counterparts, but they also contribute to the Cape Cod community in other meaningful ways.Take Pure …
Every month we’ll be sharing stories from across Cape Cod about how our local businesses do more for this community than simply provide goods and services and why shopping with them is more than just a single transaction.Our Sales Manager, …
While Love Live Local has been working for almost a decade to expound upon the virtues of shopping local, there are still a few stories people tell themselves about why they can’t or shouldn’t shop local.
1. It doesn’t really matterAlthough …
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that the COVID-19 pandemic devastated many small businesses across the country and left the smallest businesses in Massachusetts hurting the most. In 2020 nearly 100,000 independent businesses closed permanently in the US and according …
