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Share this article Share this article TORONTO, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Global is excited to announce the Downtown Guelph BIA (Business Improvement Area) in Guelph, Ontario, the York-Eglinton BIA in Toronto, have, together with Direct Global, co-founded the Direct Co-operative (Direct Co-op) – a multi-stakeholder co-operative that is owned by its members. The Downtown Guelph BIA is headed by Marty Williams, who also serves as the President of OBIAA (Ontario Business Improvement Area Association) representing all Ontario BIAs and more than 100,000+ local businesses. This comes afte...

Can the co-op model help local businesses compete with Uber and Amazon? Toronto's Direct Co-ops has ambitious plans to launch a co-op marketplace app, a driver-owned ride-hailing service and more By Richard Trapunski Samuel Engelking Direct Co-ops started in Kensington Market, and it's one of the testing grounds for their ambitious plans. How can small, local businesses compete with major corporate retailers and tech giants? The people behind Direct Co-ops think they have the answer: banding together and working cooperatively. The Toronto-based company is so positive the co-op mod...