Ri Business Want Residents to - Think local

(MM) BIG RETAILERS HAVE MONDAY AND LOCAL BUSINESS SATURDAY. BUT MANY LOCAL RETAILERS ARE HOPING (J-MO) HOGAN JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ABOUT HOW RHODE ISLAND TO THINK "LOCAL". BUY NATIVE, BUY DECIDE TO BUY, RHODE ISLAND RETAILERS ARE MONEY WHERE THEY SAY IT COUNTS THE MOST...HERE. NATS/ WHEN YOU THINK OF HOLIDAY THINK OF, RIGHT? MALLS. PACKED. BIG BOX RETAILERS CUSTOMERS PUSHING THEIR NEWPORT) WANT YOU TO FORGET THEM. KNOW..SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. Director Commerce cents of every dollar is into your local community as stores :49 huge push to get you to shop local that show buying local is good for (pre pro) LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES GENERATE 70 % MORE LOCAL STORES. AND SMALL BUSINESSES GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUE THAN THEY COST IN SERVICES 57:18 t's personal it's supoprting your local neigbhor, continuing effort and not just holidays. DECIDE TO SHOP, THE HEAD OF THE RHODE ISLAND RETAIL ASSOCIATION IS OPTIMISTIC WEATHER AND BLACK FRIDAY HOLIDAY SEASON. Paul DeRoche, Executive Rhode Island Retail Federation SOT/ 1:40 It's a message from the confidence back into the economy, problems important that people Shows that whole recovery. (SH) A LOT OF THE LOCAL CHAMBERS THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND OFFER VARIOUS INCREMENTS THAT CAN BE REDEEMED PROBLEM YOU NEED HELP CALL 12 FOR ACTION CENTER MONDAY THRU THURSDAY FROM 11 UNTIL OR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CALL 12 FOR ACTION VOLUNTEER... NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN. EYEWITNESS NEWS. (MM)