Shop Local

Massachusetts shoppers need remember that local mom-and-pops drop the sales tax during the sales tax holiday weekend and could benefit from your patronage.

How to 'Buy Black' this season for everyone on your list.

Local merchants offer unique products and services you cannot find in box stores or on Amazon.

This free, summer-time event is the perfect way to spend an afternoon with your family and friends.

New Bedford does a poor job in marketing locally made products. For that matter, Massachusetts as a whole doesn't do much better. We are often encouraged to "shop local," but it's difficult to know where to find locally made stuff or what stuff even exists...

The Christmas shopping season is in full swing and there is plenty for traditional brick and mortar retailers to be concerned about. Sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Shop Local Saturday, but it appears as though consumers either didn't get the message or chose to ignore it...

Craft-O-Rama is a "Holiday Pop-Up Shop and Outdoor Summer Market in Downtown New Bedford." It will feature a different mix of local artisans in Custom House Square every Saturday this summer! First day is this Saturday, June 11th from 11 am - 4 pm...

During the first weekend in December, Downtown New Bedford will be bustling with holiday spirit, shoppers, families and festive activities.