At the outset of the shopping season one local question should take priority among our Kansas City economic discourse.
Check it:
IS THE KANSAS CITY "BUY LOCAL" TREND SIMPLY A BIT OF HOLIDAY HYPE OR DOES IT GUIDE LOCALS TO SUPPORT COWTOWN COMMERCE?!!?
Believe it or not, our blog community supports the Buy Local Trend because media denizens need to be reminded that there's an option other than supporting the status quo and good manufactured by Chinese toddlers.
However . . .
We have a sneaking suspicion that the Buy Local message isn't resonating among a huge swath of consumers that won't be persuaded to leave the box stores.
How do we improve this tragic trend???
Does "buy local" just encourage KC biz mediocrity???
Let's face it: Are we refusing to acknowledge that some things just aren't made locally???
You decide this commerce question as this season of spending also hosts a great deal of political rhetoric.
Developing . . .