Independent Retailer & Shop Owner Watch

Track independent retail in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: fee, commission, terms and policy changes at Faire, Abound, Bulletin, RangeMe, Creoate and major brand wholesale programs; registration deadlines and dates for NY NOW, Atlanta Market, Las Vegas Market, Dallas Market, Toy Fair, MAGIC, ASD, the Winter Fancy Food Show and regional trade shows; Small Business Saturday and Shop Small program materials and deadlines; commercial lease, signage and sidewalk rule changes in the 100 largest cities; retail theft and organized retail crime law changes with reporting rules; price changes at Square, Shopify POS, Lightspeed, Clover, Toast and inventory software; minimum order and net term changes at major wholesalers and distributors; city and state retail grant and façade programs with deadlines; sales tax and marketplace facilitator rule changes by state; and chain closures that release storefronts in a metro. Prefer platform pages, show organizers, American Express Shop Small, city and state agencies, state legislatures, software pricing pages and established retail reporting; ignore marketing. Put the platform, show or rule first in the title and state the effect on a single-store shop. Use high severity for a commission change at Faire, a show deadline within 14 days, a grant with a deadline within 30 days, or a law taking effect within 90 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.