A North Bay company is trying to take on the online giant Amazon.
The One Red Maple app is up and running, which aims to redirect online shoppers to locally owned stores selling the same products as corporate chains, all to encourage customers to shop locally.
“We are basically the marketing engine for small, independent stores,” Mark Sherry, president of One Red Maple, said.
The app is currently only up and running in North Bay.
The app is free to download on both iPhone and Android.
Described as the ‘retail Robin Hood’, the smartphone app intercepts online shoppers on big


