Global Retail Platforms Are Making It Easier To Support Small, Local Boutiques Right Now

Amid a global pandemic, it’s easy for those of us who aren’t frontline or essential workers to feel powerless in our inability to curb the devastation happening all around us. But those who have the privilege of staying home (and still have a disposable income) can at least help by opening their wallets — whether by donating to nonprofit organizations and crowdfunding campaigns, or by supporting the small businesses they love and that will have a harder time bouncing back, compared to the Amazons and LVMHs of the world. Not only are small brick-and-mortar retailers expected to be hit hard by pandemic-induced closures, but their suffering will also inevitably trickle down to the brands they carry, and then to the workers who manufacture their products. That makes supporting them, as well as individual brands, all the more crucial for those who can. Read more at Fashionista.