Tacklebox Brand Partners announced the formal launch of northshoreshops.com, the virtual central shopping district to benefit small businesses on Chicago’s North Shore and beyond.
The Platform offers consumers a new, simple and convenient way to find and support local businesses.
Inspired by the ease of Amazon and the need to support local businesses, northshoreshops.com provides local-area merchants new ways to generate awareness, capture new customers and boost sales at a time when they need it the most, the company said.
“Many businesses – especially small retailers and restaurants – have been caught off-guard and do not have the ability on their own to overcome the increasing headwinds they’re facing,” said David Kelbaugh, northshoreshops.com’s founder and owner of Tacklebox Brand Partners. “So we decided to do something about it.”
The Virtual Shopping District, which is located online at northshoreshops.com, will allow consumers to easily view and buy products from local, small businesses directly through one, central website — with one shopping cart and one checkout experience.
“Buying locally at-scale shouldn’t be so difficult,” Kelbaugh added. “You should be able to go to one website to buy from multiple stores at once. Buying local the way it is now is very inconvenient, especially when compared to Amazon.”
