Which statement provides the BEST summary or the passage?
When small businesses thrive, both individual
consumers and communities of large sootho
benefits
The postogo offers one outhor's orvons obout amont local
companies
Small Businesses
It's easy for pooplo to bollove they're doing
themselves a favor when they shop at big
national chain storos. The one-stop shopping
those businossos provide is oxtraordinarily
conveniont and prices are consistently low.
Howover, for ovory dollar spont at a chain, a
small local business suffers, and so doon tho
community as a whole on the other hand,
when consumors support the mom-and-pop
ostablishment just down the road, overybody
wins in somo very significant ways
Consumors bonofit from shopping locally
Pooplo who own and work at a local business
Compared to chain stores, small businesses give
more in terms of charity and community
Involvement
National chain stores cause a great deal of
damage to small businesses and to the
communition in which they operato
Consumers can help to support a small business in
their community in soveral ways, most significantly
by spending money there.
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