Think Outside The Big Box
Small Business Rally
Our small business owners will be taking a (socially distant) stand outside of their shops this coming Friday, December 11th at 12 noon. #thinkoutsidethebigbox
Show Your Support
Use your purchasing power to support small local businesses when buying gifts, and other essentials this year.
Help amplify our stories, and use your influence to encourage friends and family to skip the big box stores and shop local this year.
Publicly call out the unfair advantage big box stores have in being permitted to keep their doors open, as small businesses (who are practicing safe protocol) are required to remain closed and continue to close permanently on our main streets.
Reshare, repost, and retweet this (socially distant) rally announcement and the content that follows direct from our small businesses.
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This week Toronto’s BIAs took a stand. Corporate, big box stores continue to operate as normal while our small shops are…
Posted by Gerrard India Bazaar BIA on Saturday, December 12, 2020
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Our small business owners will be taking a (socially distant) stand outside of their shops this coming Friday, December…
Posted by Gerrard India Bazaar BIA on Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Our small business owners will be taking a (socially distant) stand outside their shops this coming Friday, December 11th, at 12 noon. Show your support ✊💖 ➡️ https://t.co/Gp66FQTd4F #thinkoutsidethebigbox #supportsmallbusiness pic.twitter.com/HhxpyKmwiy
— Gerrard India Bazaar (@GerrardIndiaBaz) December 10, 2020
❤️ We all need to #ThinkOutsideTheBigBox.
If we don’t buy local, it will be goodbye local. Your community, your…Posted by Gerrard India Bazaar BIA on Friday, December 11, 2020
Letter to Our BIA Members
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TABIA Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO’S SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY TAKES A STAND – LITERALLY
Toronto, ON – Business Improvement Areas across the city have asked their member businesses to stand outside their storefronts at noon on Friday, December 11 to protest the unfair treatment of small businesses during the Province’s modified 28-day lockdown for the City of Toronto.
While large corporate box chains continue to profit by selling thousands of nonessential items, many of the small businesses that make Toronto’s main streets so vibrant and unique are forced to close their doors.
From 12pm-12:30pm, business owners will be outside their stores with signs communicating how long they’ve been in business and how many individuals they employ. The campaign will blanket BIA social media channels for days to come. Use the hashtag #ThinkOutsidetheBigBox to follow this and the stories of the many small businesses suffering during the pandemic and lockdown.
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Media Contacts:
John Kiru, TABIA Executive Director
jkiru@toronto-bia.com
(416) 889-4111
Broadview Danforth BIA Activations
Susan Puff, Executive Director
spuff@thedanforth.ca
The Eglinton Way BIA Activations
Maureen Sirois, BIA Chair
msirois@theeglintonway.com
Gerrard India Bazaar BIA Activations
Tasneem Bandukwala, BIA Manager
gibbia@gerrardindiabazaar.com
About TABIA:
The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) is a non-profit umbrella organization working with the 84 Business Improvement Areas within the City of Toronto, who in turn represent more than 70,000 business and property owners.
Twitter: @TABIANews
Facebook: @TABIANews
