Posted by yelvington on November 28, 2011 at 6:45pm
You might be interested in http://giftguide.savannahnow.com, which Chris White (fyrebear) built on our Drupal-based Morris Site Management System, using the Domain Access module.
Traditionally the Savannah Morning News has published a print gift guide every holiday season. This project aims to recraft the concept as a Web-centric local shopping information service. The aim is to get people into local stores, not provide e-commerce, so there's no e-commerce back end.
While the site focuses on Christmas, there's no reason it wouldn't work for other holidays and/or as a year-round "buy local" catalog.