Make Holiday Shopping Fair!  

It's the busiest shopping time of the year and it's coming in just nine days - what will you do to make holiday shopping fairer?

• Support a Local Fair Trade Shop - Simply put, choosing Fair Trade at an independent store benefits you, the people who receive your gifts, your local community, and communities around the globe - it's a way to quadruple the impact of the choices you make!
• Shop Online - Can't find a Fair Trade retailer near you? More than 160 FTF members have on-line stores that can bring great items right to your doorstep. 
• Sponsor a Community Sale - Rally your community together around the great items that Fair Trade Organizations have to offer by putting together a community sale. 

Consumer preferences shape communities, particularly during the holidays when 40% of retail sales take place. Green America estimates that consumers keep THREE TIMES more money in their community when they spend it at a local business (vs. when they shop a chain store). FTF member Partners for Just Trade estimates that artisans keep 4-20 TIMES the amount of money when you shop Fair Trade.

High quality gifts, fun toys, stylish jewelry, delicious coffees and chocolates, fashionable clothing, and other items are available from Fair Trade Organizations to delight whoever is on your list. Most fair trade products are also competitively priced in relation to their conventional counterparts and, sometimes, you can even save money by choosing Fair Trade.

Amid all of the hype and the rhetoric, magnify the impact of your holiday spending and Make the Holidays Fair!