Visit Syracuse has launched a collaboration with the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council to provide deals to more than 50 businesses and attractions through BustedBracketBargains.com. Businesses from across the region, are now offering discounts, promotions, inventing new products/meals, and realty specials to show support for the teams and fans. What better way to celebrate this incredible tournament run than to eat, drink or shop in the city of the teams that changed the game. Busted Bracket Bargains are available through April. See the full list of bargains at www.bustedbracketbargains.com.
A new Survey Shows Educational Campaigns of Local Business Coalitions (like SyracuseFirst) Are Delivering Big Benefits.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) just released their 9th annual survey of more than 3200 independent business owners, nearly 100 #SyracuseFirst members. The results provides (mostly) great news for independents and again shows sustained “buy local” campaigns and Independent Business Alliances are yielding an enormous return on investment. Among the major findings:
▪ Independent businesses in communities with an active “buy independent/buy local” campaign run by grassroots groups saw revenues grow by a stellar 7.4% in 2015 — dwarfing the 4.2% increase for businesses in communities without such an alliance.
▪ 76% of business owners who actively market their participation in their group reported positive impact on their business, while just 17% of those who don’t actively promote the effort saw benefit.
▪ Independent businesses reported a 5.3% increase in employment in 2015.
Independent Businesses Report Growing Sales and Hiring, but Policies Tilted in Favor Large Companies Still Hold Them Back. Read the full report: https://https://lnkd.in/ejCGaXf