Want to know the difference between your favorite retail store and most African American stores? The answer is an independent manufacturer. What makes a manufacturer independent is his or her total control of his or her production chain. That requires having land access, or at least access to raw materials. That access is what allows a manufacturer to control costs as well as quality. That control carries over to his or her retail partners. The greatest advantage is to small businesses with restrained budgets because that also allows them to circumvent major product distributors, most of whom rely on modern slavery practices to keep their production costs at the barest minimum. Want to know more? Add a manufacturer to your network. See my work at http://www.millecinq.com.