{"id":7309,"date":"2022-08-22T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/blog\/2022\/08\/22\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:51:07","slug":"6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses","title":{"rendered":"6 reasons to support local businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some of you may have noticed that since the beginning of the pandemic many have started to promote local businesses to help their local economy through the negative effects of COVID-19. This really became a trend, especially on social media. While by now the trend has slowed down, it still planted a seed in many people\u2019s minds. Why shouldn\u2019t we support our local businesses more even in normal times? There are many benefits for both the customers as well as the economy. We gathered them below so you can decide whether you would like to hop on the trend too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Support your own economy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most straightforward benefit of supporting local businesses is the fact that you can help out your own economy. The more support your local economy gets, the more these local businesses will start booming. This means soon enough they will need a bigger workforce to keep up with the increasing demand, offering new job opportunities to those who need it. On top of that, local businesses pay local taxes, which means that the money you spend to support these businesses will be in some way indirectly reinvested in your country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Promote environmental friendliness<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the green minds amongst us, this benefit is a very important one. Local businesses often produce their products locally. This means the distance between your home and the business is far smaller compared to many big businesses that outsource their production in faraway countries where wages are lower. So this kills two birds with one stone: fewer emissions will be released into the atmosphere due to transportation and fairer wages are given to local employees. Another plus is that you can also benefit from a faster and more reliable delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Encounter more unique businesses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While it can be very tempting to buy your products in big stores that can be found worldwide, local stores tend to offer more unique products. Big chains are known to set trends because the majority of people buy their clothes there. If you want to find more unique or one-of-a-kind products we would highly recommend shopping in locally-owned shops. They often offer you a more personalized shopping experience and can cater more specifically to your individual style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Locally focused<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Local businesses tend to put an emphasis on providing a great service or product for their community. Especially small local businesses attach a lot of importance to their reputation because word of mouth can make or break them. Every customer matters. This is why they truly care about their customers, which means that in case an issue occurs you can rest assured that they will help you to their best ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Show your patriotism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By buying local products, you have the opportunity to help small local businesses get bigger and turn your country into a place that is known to produce high-quality products. For patriots, this is a great way to show off what your country has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Encourage local entrepreneurship and innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are supporting local businesses you are also supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in your community. The more your local economy is thriving, the more attractive it will become for others to start their own local businesses too. This eventually leads to high competition, making it more appealing for these businesses to innovate in order to keep their competitive advantage over other businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The benefits of buying locally are countless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_1":false,"_crosspost_to_2":false,"_crosspost_to_4":false,"_crosspost_to_5":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"reading_time":"2 min read","sources":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>6 reasons to support local businesses - beewise fr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"6 reasons to support local businesses \u00b7 Support your economy \u00b7 Promote environmental friendliness \u00b7 Encounter unique businesses \u00b7 Show your patriotism \u00b7 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6 reasons to support local businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"6 reasons to support local businesses \u00b7 Support your economy \u00b7 Promote environmental friendliness \u00b7 Encounter unique businesses \u00b7 Show your patriotism \u00b7 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"beewise fr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-22T13:51:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Main_Support_Local_Businesses_Social.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"No\u00e9mie Van Maercke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"6 reasons to support local businesses\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"6 reasons to support local businesses \u00b7 Support your economy \u00b7 Promote environmental friendliness \u00b7 Encounter unique businesses \u00b7 Show your patriotism \u00b7 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Main_Support_Local_Businesses_Social.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"No\u00e9mie Van Maercke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beewiseapp.com\/fr\/6-reasons-to-support-local-businesses\",\"name\":\"6 reasons to support local businesses - 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