A study backed by the ABA looked at over 300 metropolitan areas in the US to see where independent retailers perform the best. The top 15-ranked markets are: 1 Ocean City, NJ 2 Bellingham, WA 3 Medford, OR 4 Carson City, NV 5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 6 Barnstable Town, MA 7 Austin-Round Rock, TX 8 Dalton, GA 9 Harrisonburg, VA 10 Gainesville, GA 11 Glens Falls, NY 12 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 13 Lewiston, ID-WA 14 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 15 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Download complete results and analysis
