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Article: State of the art: from Alaskan villages to trendy California shopping districts, arts & crafts co-ops help members tap markets.
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- Rural Cooperatives
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- March 1, 2008
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On a lively city street in Berkeley, Calif., well-dressed shoppers peer into a modern-looking window display of paintings and jewelry, admiring the contemporary storefront and eclectic collection of art inside. Almost 2,000 miles away in a remote Alaskan village, Alaskan native women mail their exquisitely knitted hats and scarves to Anchorage for sale to visiting tourists, weathered fishermen and Web-surfing shoppers worldwide. These two businesses may sound very different, but they share a key, unifying trait: both are arts and crafts cooperatives.
Cooperatives are common in many business sectors, and the production and sale of ...
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