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Currently serving the San Francisco Bay Area

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About Us

Kaddoz works with local stores and promote their unique, hand-picked, and high quality products.

Kaddoz helps consumers quickly find unique and quality products available in their neighborhood stores over the Internet or iPhone, and walk to the store to purchase it.

We are dedicated to quality, both in the listed products and in the Kaddoz service. Small local stores differentiate themselves and compete by offering product you can't find in large chains or over the Internet. There is nothing like touching and seeing the item before you purchase it.

Kaddoz currently focuses in the San Francisco Bay Area and will expand to other areas soon.

Our Quest

To help local community by bringing together consumers and small local merchants, and promoting local economy.


Some References

"Retail Forward, a research and consulting firm, expects overall sales to be flat this season. But it says a 2.5 percent sales increase forecast for discounters will come at the expense of 2 percent declines for other segments such as specialty retailers. Many area residents like shopping at small local stores."
Press of Atlantic City, Smaller local stores try to keep buyers away from big-chain discounters, Sunday, November 22, 2009
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/article_c0555d00-d7cf-11de-b3e4-001cc4c03286.html

"Essentially this opens up a whole new market out there for companies who have little or no presence on the web, and presents an opportunity to reach and market to customers with mobile devices."
Web Distortion, Why Google Goggles should scare offline retailers , Dec 8, 2009
http://blog.webdistortion.com/2009/12/08/why-google-goggles-should-scare-offline-retailers/

"CONSUMERS research most products and services online but prefer to purchase goods in-store, a survey has found"
The Autralian, Consumers research online but buy in store, December 08, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/consumers-research-online-buy-in-store/story-fn3dxix6-1111118253604

"Only when owners live and work in the communities they operate in do they really care about the people and environment in those communities"
Ukiah Community Blog, The Small-Mart Revolution, May 20, 2009
http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/how-our-local-stores-and-communities-get-screwed-by-monster-malls/

"These economic studies show that shopping with local, independent businesses is not just a nice thing to do, but it is truly one of the best ways to strengthen and sustainably grow our economy."
Local Works, Pioneer Valley Local First, September, 2008
http://www.pvlocalfirst.org/economic-studies

"Research shows local businesses deliver significantly greater economic returns for a community than national chains. A study conducted in Chicago by the firm Civic Economics found that every $100 spent at a national chain generated an average of $43 in additional economic activity in the local area. That same $100 spent at a locally owned store or restaurant created an average of $68 worth of new local economic activity."
New Rules Project, Bigger Bang from Independents' Bucks, 19 June 2008
http://www.newrules.org/retail/article/bigger-bang-independents-bucks

"We found that $1 million spent at independent bookstores creates $321,000 in additional economic activity in the region, including $119,000 in wages and salaries paid to local employees. That same $1 million spent at chain bookstores generates only $188,000 in local economic activity, including $71,000 in local wages and salaries."
New Rule Project San Francisco's Economy Reaps Big Benefits from Independent Merchants, Study Finds, May 30, 2007
http://www.newrules.org/retail/news/san-franciscos-economy-reaps-big-benefits-independent-merchants-study-finds

"87% of consumers research products online before buying them in person or in a store, according to BIGresearch's June Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey."
Internet Retailer, 87% of consumers research products online, buy offline, Thursday, July 13, 2006
http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conference/98448779-87-consumers-research-products-online-buy-offline.html