Stephanie Pressly, the publisher of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana, has apologized to its readers for publishing a column written by a freelancer that argued in favor of buying from national chains instead of local stores, saying it offended some local business owners and should have been spiked by editors.
“Well, I’m writing on the opinion page and can tell you that there were a number of things wrong with that column, not the least of which is that we printed it: It only gave one lopsided example, quoted only one professorial source, and jumped to conclusions that were clearly off the mark.
“The fact is that local retailers often have lower prices than their big-box competitors. And local businesses actually know what they’re doing when it comes to pricing, inventory, marketing and especially service. To imply that buying local necessarily means ‘overpaying’ is ludicrous.”
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