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Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where she directs initiatives on independent business and community banking. She is the author of Big-Box Swindle and also produces a popular monthly newsletter, the Hometown Advantage Bulletin.  Connect with her on twitter and catch her recent TEDx Talk: Why We Can’t Shop Our Way to a Better Economy. More

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jul 1, 2003

San Francisco May Notify Neighbors When Chains Try to Move in

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/san-francisco-may-notify-neighbors-when-chains-try-move/

Under a measure introduced by San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, the city would notify neighbors whenever a pharmacy or coffee shop wants to open nearby.

Residents would have 30 days to request that the proposed store be subject to a public hearing and formal review by the Planning Commission. Such reviews are normally required only for major demolition or construction, or when there is a change of use, such as from residential to commercial.

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Los Angeles May Require Big Boxes to Pay Higher Wages

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/los-angeles-may-require-big-boxes-pay-higher-wages/

Hundreds of residents have attended hearings held by the Los Angeles City Council’s Economic Development and Employment Committee on ways to mitigate the negative effects of supercenters on the community. Supercenters are massive stores, primarily operated by Target and Wal-Mart, that combine general merchandise with a full supermarket. Continue reading

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Tampa Businesses Celebrate Second Annual “Independents Week”

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/tampa-businesses-celebrate-second-annual-independents-week/

Twenty locally owned businesses—including restaurants, a record store, a grocer, a hardware dealer, clothing stores, a gift shop, and a bookstore—participated in this year’s second annual Independents Week celebration. The event is designed to broaden awareness of the value independent businesses and encourage residents to shop locally. Continue reading

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Ireland May Rescind Superstore Ban

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/ireland-may-rescind-superstore-ban/

Ireland’s Environment Minister Martin Cullen has announced that the government may lift a five-year-old nationwide policy banning superstores.

The policy, adopted as a temporary measure in 1998 and made permanent in 2001, prohibits stores over 3,500 square meters (38,000 square feet) in Dublin and 3,000 square meters (32,000 square feet) in the rest of the country.

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jul 1, 2003

Carbondale Voters Defeat Shopping Center

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/carbondale-voters-defeat-shopping-center/

On July 15, citizens in Carbondale, Colorado, voted 57 to 43 percent to reject a 252,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Target store. The hotly debated referendum produced the largest election turnout in the town’s history.

Carbondale is a community of 5,200 people in the Roaring Fork Valley between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Carbondale has a lively downtown of locally owned businesses, including hardware, book, and clothing stores.

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Arizona Coalition Urges, Think Independently, Buy Locally

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/arizona-coalition-urges-think-independently-buy-locally/

A new coalition of more than 70 independent businesses in the Phoenix metro area is urging residents to "Think Independently, Buy Locally."

The coalition, known as Arizona Chain Reaction, grew out of a conversation between Michael Monti, owner of Monti’s restaurant, and Kimber Lanning, owner of Stinkweed, an alternative music store. At first, they simply wanted to get about ten local businesses together to buy advertising as a group.

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jul 1, 2003

Borders Books Drops Austin Project

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/borders-books-drops-austin-project/

Borders Books & Music has abandoned plans to build a superstore on the corner of Sixth and Lamar in downtown Austin, Texas. A community organization, Livable City, had joined local business owners in fighting the development, which was to be built across the street from two long-standing independent stores, BookPeople and Waterloo Records. The city had set aside $2.1 million in public subsidies for the project.

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 27, 2003

Saving Banff

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/saving-banff/

Banff, like many communities in western Canada, is facing a growing influx of multinational chains. Determined to save their community from becoming"Anyplace, North America," Banff officials are investigating ways to buck the chain store trend. Luckily, they are not in uncharted territory. Communities across the continent have devised effective strategies for limiting chains and nurturing locally owned businesses. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 27, 2003

Saving Banff

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/saving-banff-2/

Saving Banff by Stacy Mitchell originally published in Calgary Herald, June 27, 2003 Banff, like many communities in western Canada, is facing a growing influx of multinational chains ["Banff fears 'corporate branding' of resort"]. Stores like The Gap and Starbucks are multiplying rapidly, undermining the unique character of this lovely mountain town and displacing locally… Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 1, 2003

Mexico Imposes Code of Conduct on Wal-Mart

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/mexico-impose-code-conduct-walmart/

After a ten-month investigation of Wal-Mart, Mexican antitrust officials have imposed a code of conduct on the company and other large supermarket chains.

The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (CFC) launched the investigation last May to determine whether Wal-Mart was using its market power to pressure suppliers into providing prices substantially lower than those available to other retailers (after accounting for reasonable volume discounts).

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