Berkshire retailer support consumers who buy economic power locally in the trend on February 28th

Berkshire County – With national social media website that demand consumers, from midnight on February 27th to midnight, no purchases for restaurants.

In response to the recent efforts of the Trump administration, lowering the government's expenditure and reducing federal programs, including those that are relevant for diversity, equity and inclusion programs (Dei), the event focuses on large retailers, online and Stationary Mortar. Organizer The People's Union USA makes it clear that “if you have to spend, only support small, local companies” and not “fast food, gas and large retailers”, in addition to an advance for buyers, no credit or debit cards for “not -Id-to-use cards to use essential editions. “

Bart Raser, owner of Carr Hardware, said that he wanted to encourage consumers to support local companies like his Stalwart Company, who has been working in Berkshire County for almost a century. “A critical part of the Berkshire economy are the small local companies,” said Raser, realizing that the region houses both large retailers and mom and pop stores. “If the power failure should actually be a total power failure – which I personally do not believe that this is the intention of the group – then this would have a great negative economic impact on the Berkshires.”

Now with six locations, including a shop in Avon, Conn. “Open, I don't expect this day [February 28] be different, ”said Raser.

John Leprevost, who owns the Lee Appliance Store Henry's Electric with his brother Scott Leprevost with his brother Scott Leprevost, described the boycott for his industry and her 79-year-old family business on Friday. “On Fridays are a very big day for us,” said John Leprevost. “All people from summer at home and on the weekend will come on Thursday evening and Friday and it is a strenuous day for us and on Saturday.”

Betsy Andrus, Managing Director of the Southern Chamber of Commerce Berkshire, is confident that the boycott will remove consumers from the wealthy and powerful companies from Big Box stores and large retailers and not from smaller shops. “In my thoughts I am very excited about it because I wanted people to boycott these big box shops more often and spend their money in the small local shops,” she said. “In the Berkshires, we deliberately managed to endure a good number of larger companies, chains and boxing stores, so it is mainly checked by box shops. “

Andrus notes: “We are a little different here in the Berkshires.” “I hope that people will travel here to buy from the small local companies and shops that day and support the local shops,” she said.

Although Andrus agrees that society has to recapture the power of conglomerate institutions, it does not want this at the expense of the small companies that have already been damaged by pandemic and increasing health insurance costs. “We don't have to influence them again,” she said. “Buy locally. Support your small local shops. “

The long -standing bob roses, he “loves” the Berkshires, also supported the boycott, since he reduces the new federal dance, the Dei programs, with the private industry. In a telephone interview, he announced The Berkshire Edge that the event is an opportunity for “private retail stores” in order to really wake up to the fact that what they do [by cutting DEI programs] The economy really harms, it doesn't help the economy and it harms the whole country. “

When it comes to Berkshires' small companies, Rosen said that the boycott does not differ from a business that has to close or lose business due to a weather event. “There is also a sacrificial payment to keep democracy and letting them thrive,” he said. “I don't think a day will bring a business out of business. You get a snowstorm and you close for the day, that's the same situation. “

However, he differed from a scenario in which a boycott was extended, then “this becomes a real problem for mom and pop stores”. “But one day I don't think it means something,” said Otis.

According to the People's Union website, the group plans more economic power outages for the next few months.

In an e -mail by Lee Premium Outlets on February 25th, Carolyn Edwards, the center of the center refused to comment on boycott. The website mostly has large national retailers.

The management of Starbuck and Domino in Lee's management had no comment.