OUR MISSON

To celebrate and protect your local shops: ensuring independent shops throughout NSW are not disadvantaged by Government planning policy.

YOUR RETAIL HEROES

We’ll be profiling some of the true characters that have joined the campaign, detailing their hard work, their entrepreneurial strengths and how they help create loveable shops.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

We the undersigned petition the Minister for Planning in NSW to ensure the Centres Policy permits and encourages Councils to consider the competitive impact of proposed retail developments on existing centres and the businesses therein.

Sign the online petition.

Recent Tweets

  • Independent retailers are the backbone of many communities, employing locals and competing with the faceless national chains. 46 weeks 1 day ago
  • Independent retailers add to the viability and personality of communities across Australia 46 weeks 2 days ago
  • Competition is necessary for an efficient economy, and a healthy retail sector with lots of independents is the key 46 weeks 4 days ago
  • Each small retail business provides jobs for 5-10 staff, over 108,000 Australians work for independent stores. 47 weeks 2 days ago
  • The ARA Independent Retail Sector Report gives the smaller retail guys more political clout for the first time. 47 weeks 3 days ago

Video Section

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WHO STARTED LOVE YOUR LOCAL SHOPS?

This campaign was started by the Independent Retailers of NSW and ACT Inc. These are independent retailers, who trade under the IGA banner. In many cases they are owner-operator businesses,
run by families.

What you can do

Community Campaign