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is the Founding Partner of SHIFT 10 and SHIFT 10 Day.

SHOPPING LOCAL ISN’T JUST A TREND, IT’S A WAY OF LIFE.

Scott’s Marketplace

W H A T I S S H I F T 1 0 ?SHIFT10 is a national movement to encourage shoppers to shift 10% of their

spending to local businesses in communities across the United States.

It all starts on October 10, 2016 - the first-ever SHIFT 10 Day - a national

celebration of supporting local entrepreneurs and small businesses

across the U.S.

The 2016 event will take place online at www.shift10day.com

W H Y S H I F T 1 0 ?Shifting 10% of spending to local businesses over big-box stores makes an impact in communities across the United States.

From keeping hard working local entrepreneurs in business to sending money back to the local economy, shopping local will do more for a community than chains ever could.

M I S S I O NT O H A V E 1 M I L L I O N A M E R I C A N S S I G N T H E P L E D G E T O S H I F T 1 0 %

O F T H E I R S P E N D I N G T O L O C A L B U S I N E S S E S Y E A R - R O U N D .

#Shift10shoplocal

Scott’s MarketplaceSTEPHANIE RIEL Community Engagement Manager, Scott’s Marketplace480-395-2150 | stephanie@scottsmarketplace.com

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1 Our mission is to level the playing field between local and big-box by providing an innovative and cost-effective e-commerce

platform tailored to the needs of small and local businesses based in the United States.

2 Our mission is to change the mindset of what it means to shop local by allowing consumers to connect with local store

owners not only in their own hometowns, but across the United States, in a fun, interactive e-commerce marketplace.

SCOTT’S MARKETPLACE VISION

MEDIA CONTACT

ABOUT SCOTT’S MARKETPLACE

Scott’s Marketplace is an e-commerce platform that provides local shop owners in the United States an online storefront to market and operate their business while offering consumers a better way to shop local. Launched in 2014 by Scott Curry, Scott’s Marketplace is shifting the shop local mindset from nearby to nationwide.

Provide local shop owners an online storefront to market and operate their business while offering

consumers a better way to shop local.

SCOTT’S MARKETPLACE VALUE PROPOSITION

SCOTT’S MARKETPLACE MISSIONA miss ion so nice we wrote i t twice

FACTS

76% of money spent at a local store stays in your local community, compared to only 31%

when you shop at a big-box store

76% 31%

Money spent at a local business generates 3.5X more wealth for the local economy compared to money spent at a chain-owned business. $

If independent businesses regained their 1990 market shares, it would create 200,000 new small businesses, generate nearly $300 billion in revenues and

employ more than 1.6 million American workers.] ]FUN FACT:

Sources: AMIBA; U.S. Small Business Administration; StatisticBrain.com -

Entrepreneur Weekly, Small Business Development Center, Bradley Univ, University of Tennessee Research;

Intuit Small Business Innovation Study; American Express OPEN Independent

Retail Index; Civic Economics/American Booksellers Assoc., U.S. Dept. of Labor

$179 $105

Lastly, For every square foot a local firm occupies, the local economy gains $179 versus $105 for a chain store.

9.9 Million

Of those small businessesare woman-owned

52%

Percentage of retail businesses that fail

within four years

7 Million

Americans employedby small businesses