Indie Shops

Small is beautiful

We partner with local owners & operators to modernize Main Street retail.

ABOUT

THE NEXT WAVE OF COMMERCE IS MODERNIZED LOCAL

Today’s consumer craves local, and is losing affection for big retail. But local has to be better: personal, convenient, viable, multi-channel.

Indie’s customizable services & support were built for small retail. From software-only to shared ownership, our mission is to propel anchors of authenticity in neighborhoods across the country.

Members

4,200+

Shops

6

Cities

4

Non-Bezos Sales

$6.8m+

Join our mission to unite our neighborhoods.

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START A SHOP

If you want to launch a Main Street business, but don’t know where or how to start, start with us. Our launch blueprint & partner-level operational support guides your store from idea to profitability. Let’s build it together.

OWN YOUR BRAND

We lean on your ideas/concepts, but guide you through an independent brand strategy, design & launch.

TECH PLATFORM

Start with multi-channel from day one: store workflow, payments, website, even an iOS app.

DESIGN/OPS

Store layout, opening inventory, cost analysis, runway to profitability… we’re here for you.

SCALE UP

Access additional resources or capital to grow, expand, or hire.

McKinney, TX

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SELL YOUR SHOP

Where Indie Shops all began — we purchased Alabama’s oldest independent bookstore in 2020 and unleashed a full-scale modernization to increase sales 4x. If you’re a Main Street business owner looking to retire or transition, we’d love to consider purchasing your store & continuing your legacy.

Birmingham, AL

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PASS THE BATON

Research suggests that nearly 70% of Main Street businesses will transition in the coming decade. We want your local business to continue & prosper, not close.

SIMPLE TRANSACTIONS

Once we’ve reviewed your business, we’ll make an offer quickly and negotiate a favorable structure for both parties.

LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS

We find/partner with a local owner/operator (or group) in the community to continue operating & grow.

CONTINUED LEGACY

Your brand/store lives on as an important part of your community as we help shepherd it into the future.

USE OUR SOFTWARE

When we launched store #1, we were shocked at the available retail-specific POS options, especially for stores with many thousands of SKUs. We’ve spent four years building a cloud-based POS specifically for Main Street retail with hundreds of features, e-com & iOS platforms, and a marketing playbook proven to increase sales.

MORE THAN A POS

Our cloud-based software has been built from scratch to run your entire retail operation. Run a data-driven store with customer accounts, iMessage, analytics, ordering, inventory, PO recon, COGS, and much more.

E-COMMERCE

Get your store catalog online within a few days with clean product-data and automated collection assignment.

iOS PLATFORM

Our custom iOS platform enables customers to search-for-anything and checkout within a few taps, plus support for wish lists, multi-store pickup, local delivery, gift wrap, and/or shipping.

DESIGN/MARKETING

Outsource some of your marketing or customer acquisition strategies to generate higher-quality content and increase foot traffic.

Cornwall, NY

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LOCATIONS

LITTLE PROFESSOR BOOKSHOP

Homewood, AL

LITTLE PROFESSOR BOOKSHOP

Birmingham, AL

GOOD BOOKS

Cornwall, NY

NEIGHBOR BOOKS

McKinney, TX

COMING SOON

Nashville, TN

COMING SOON

Atlanta, GA

THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS LOCAL

US Chamber of Commerce

HYPER-LOCAL COMMERCE AND SMALLER BRANDS BENEFIT FROM POST-PANDEMIC CONSUMER TRENDS

Retail Systems

ALMOST HALF OF MILLENNIALS FEEL GUILTY USING AMAZON