The value: keeping small Harlem retailers in business

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When you see a favorite local retailer close down, you often wonder what might have happened if you’d stepped in to help drive business. A group of retailers in Harlem are trying a new way to stay afloat in the face of the bad economy. In the latest episode of “The Value,” Farai Chideya reports on an initiative called The Power of One.

Watch Farai’s conversations with Harlem retailers taking part in The Power of One initiative:

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