Portland a Top City for Shopping Locally, According to Yelp
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
A new Yelp and Harris Poll survey found that 64 percent of American adults—more than 150 million people—will shop locally this holiday season.
The survey also found that each of those local shoppers plans to spend more than $250. That means that nearly $40 million will be spent at independent retailers this November and December.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was rated as the best city in the country to shop locally. Portland and Philadelphia were joined by Honolulu, Hawaii, Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California in the top five.
To determine their rankings, Yelp created a “gifting score.” The score examined each city by looking at reviews on their site and app that mentioned the word gift at businesses in specific categories that are popular for the holiday. Those cities were then ranked based on their “gifting score.”
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