Again, we are assuming that you buy local whenever local is the best deal.
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If you can buy local and from farmers' markets, that's a good way to go.
Chinese consumers increasingly want to buy local, especially when it comes to sportswear and cellular handsets.
The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow consumers to buy local, and keep the taxes local, should they wish.
The buy local movement has plenty of appeal, but the philosophy often extends more readily to tomatoes than tablets.
From Saturday until 10 December, customers can buy local standard letter stamps for 35p instead of 37p, a 5.4% saving.
Now if a cafe accepts your payment in Bristol Pound, you know they are either going to buy local or pay the penalty.
One way to skirt that problem is to buy local SIM cards for every country you visit, provided that your phone is compatible.
If you think these currencies won't drop further, find a bank or broker who can buy local treasury bills or high- quality bank deposits.
We buy local food because we get exceptional taste and freshness.
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Have you considered that people might buy local strawberries because there is a better chance that they will taste like strawberries and not like cucumbers?
But in the city where Fisherman's Wharf remains a magnet for tourists, residents still buy local and fresh: frozen seafood sales rate a shrimpy 58.
It creates new rights for communities to instigate local referendums on any issue, veto "excessive" council tax rises and bid to buy local assets like libraries, pubs and shops.
Main Street investors can buy local currency emerging market debt through a variety of mutual funds, like the Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt (OEMAX) and Goldman Sachs Emerging Market Debt (GSDIX).
This is because restrictions on foreign ownership make it hard for foreigners to buy local stations and networks, and because cultural differences make it useful to have a local guide.
In recent years foreign banks have been encouraged to buy local financial firms, though the challenge of integrating their purchases means that they have yet to have an impact on competition.
They were also more inclined to buy local products.
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Teicher notes the liquidation of Borders in 2011, but also credits the ongoing "buy local" movement and independents' growing comfort with modern technology, whether for more efficient inventory systems or more effective online promotion.
He said the rise in popularity of English and Welsh wine could be down to two factors: the wine performing strongly in international competitions and an increase in people wanting to buy local produce.
It also proposes making its own local video content available to other local news websites and television channels - and is offering to buy local video news from other providers on a commercial basis.
The family also tells him that they have installed a blanket around the water heater and resisted buying a larger house, and that they try to buy local food that doesn't have to be shipped over long distances.
And if Scotland becomes more self-contained as an economy (the way, for instance, that the Scottish government urges food shoppers to buy local) there could be a hindering effect on growth and innovation resulting from reduced competition and variety.
They can also use their phones to get cash from local agents, buy at local shops, or transfer money to other individuals.
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Look for Armstrong to buy into local service by acquiring a local provider like Intermedia or Teleport Communications.
They can rent a phone at the airport or online, then arrange delivery to their hotels--or buy a local phone.
He said it would buy the local authority time to consider the long-term options for performing arts in the town.
In our increasingly buy-local culture, there is a distinct and growing segment of the population that favors independents over chains.
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It is common for system companies to buy from local suppliers as it lowers the latency in the response of the supply chain.
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Many large Chinese banks are eager to widen their presence in Hong Kong, and "the 'easiest' way seems to be to buy a local bank, " says Koetzsch.
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