In the News

• Weird Travels - The Highlander, November 27, 2011
  

• Louisville-Area Merchants Stress The Local Touch - The Courier-Journal, November 23, 2011

• Louisville To Host American Independent Business Alliance Conference - Business First, September 26, 2011
   
• Louisville, Kentucky: More Than Horses, Baseball Bats and Fried Chicken - Mother Earth News, March 2011
  

• Indie City Index Executive Summary (grouped by population and region, Louisville achieves a top 10 ranking for independent retail vitality), published by Civic Economics and the American Booksellers Association - January 18, 2011

• Louisville Independent Businesses Report Sales Boost - Business First, February 3, 2011
   
• PRESS RELEASE: “Keep Louisville Weird” is Keeping Local Independents in Business - released February 3, 2011
   
• Guest Editorial- Rebecca Cornwell, WDRB Fox41, December 3, 2010
   
• Small Business Saturday - WAVE 3 TV, November 27, 2010
   
• Buy Local Fest Draws Thousands- Louisville Courier-Journal, May 24, 2010
   
• Holiday Sales Increase At Independent Businesses- Press Release, January 28, 2010
   
• Buy Local – Coprorate America and the co-opting of 'local' – LEO Weekly, June 29, 2009
  
  
• Buying Local: How It Boosts the Economy – Time Magazine, June 2009
  
  
• At three Louisville businesses, a simpler past never seems to have gone away - Louisville Courier-Journal, May 18, 2009
  
  
• Local Businesses Creatively Target Your Dollars In Lagging Economy - WAVE 3 TV, March 30, 2009
  
  
• Stores gain national recognition - March 22, 2009
  
  
• “Keep Louisville Weird” is Keeping Louisville Businesses a Step Ahead of Chains – Press Release – January 26, 2009
  
  
• 'Weird' is making a comeback: Courier Journal, December 24, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• LIBA featured on Louisville Life: KET, December 11, 2008
  
  
• Not Kidding — Buy from Locals: The Ville Voice, December 9, 2008
  
  
• Does Weirdness work?: The Ville Voice, July 8, 2008
  
  
• This is a Weird business: The Ville Voice, January 28, 2008
  
  
• Buy Local Wins Backers: Courier-Journal, January 28, 2008
  
  
• The Argument against the Big Box Argument: The Ville Voice, January 24, 2008
  
  
• Keep Louisville Weird featured on Louisville Life: November 30, 2006
  
  
• Adweek, March, 2005 (PDF)
  
  
• Louisville Magazine, 2005 (PDF)
  
  
• “The Hometown Advantage” The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (PDF)
  
  
• “Big Boxes Broadsided” The Washington Times, March 2005 (PDF)