An insightful piece. I can relate to your point about community and wanting to go to the same studio.
We need to support local independent businesses, yoga studios, bookshops, and coffee shops, now more than ever. I know the big corporations can make it easy and convenient for us; that's what they sell to get us to buy in.
But they don't care about the community. They care about profit.
It’s tough out there, but if those of us who have a little more can pay a bit more for that independent yoga studio, local coffee, or that book from the local independent bookshop that actually cares about the book they're selling, we can stop the gutting of our local communities, and stop the commodification of the things we love.
It’s really valid to ask people to question what they are signing up to and what’s in it for small businesses. I have a brother in law in Greece who had to close his restaurant for the equivalent reason in catering - companies like Uber eats and Deliveroo making it impossible for small restaurants to make any money if they want to compete with giant corporations.
Having loyalty to smaller businesses goes such a long way. The giant corporations don’t care if you’re there or not, they just want your money 😒
An insightful piece. I can relate to your point about community and wanting to go to the same studio.
We need to support local independent businesses, yoga studios, bookshops, and coffee shops, now more than ever. I know the big corporations can make it easy and convenient for us; that's what they sell to get us to buy in.
But they don't care about the community. They care about profit.
It’s tough out there, but if those of us who have a little more can pay a bit more for that independent yoga studio, local coffee, or that book from the local independent bookshop that actually cares about the book they're selling, we can stop the gutting of our local communities, and stop the commodification of the things we love.
It’s really valid to ask people to question what they are signing up to and what’s in it for small businesses. I have a brother in law in Greece who had to close his restaurant for the equivalent reason in catering - companies like Uber eats and Deliveroo making it impossible for small restaurants to make any money if they want to compete with giant corporations.
Having loyalty to smaller businesses goes such a long way. The giant corporations don’t care if you’re there or not, they just want your money 😒