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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jul 5, 2005

Independents Week Festivities Underway

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

Communities around the country are celebrating the second annual Independents Week, which draws on the July 4th holiday to remind people of the value of locally owned businesses. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jul 5, 2005

Vancouver Rejects Wal-Mart

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

The Vancouver City Council voted 8-3 to deny approval for a 130,000-square-foot Wal-Mart superstore along Marine Drive in the southeastern part of the city. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 29, 2005

Suit Charges that Visa and MC Squeeze Small Retailers

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/suit-charges-visa-and-mc-squeeze-small-retailers/

A lawsuit filed this month alleges that Visa and MasterCard illegally fix the price of fees that small retailers pay for credit card transactions. Continue reading

Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | 2 Comments | Updated on Jun 28, 2005

Media Release: Data Show Wal-Mart Employees in Maine Rely Heavily on Public Assistance

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/media-release-data-show-walmart-employees-maine-rely-heavily-public-assistance/

PORTLAND, ME [June 28, 2005]—Hundreds of Maine workers employed by Wal-Mart are enrolled in the state’s public assistance programs, including Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, according to data released by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 8, 2005

Chains Are Taking Over Britain, Survey Finds

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/chains-are-taking-over-britain-survey-finds/

More than 40 percent of the towns surveyed for a new report by the London-based New Economics Foundation are so overrun by chain stores that they have lost their local identity and become little more than "clone towns." Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 31, 2005

Citizens in Charlevoix, Michigan, Block Wal-Mart, Win Size Limits

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/citizens-charlevoix-michigan-block-walmart-win-size-limits/

Grassroots groups that form to fight big-box development proposals often dissolve after winning or losing on that particular project. But a citizens group in Charlevoix, Michigan, called This is Our Town, kept on working. Now, one year after successfully pressuring Wal-Mart to drop plans for a supercenter, the group is celebrating new zoning rules that will limit future big-box development. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 10, 2005

Neighborhood Retailers Aim to Keep New York Wal-Mart Free

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/neighborhood-retailers-aim-keep-new-york-walmart-free/

The entry of Wal-Mart into New York City is the biggest challenge to neighborhood businesses and local communities in our city’s history, contends the Neighborhood Retail Alliance, which has been an advocate for New York City’s locally owned businesses for the past twenty years. Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 8, 2005

New Rules Project Receives the 2005 National Main Street Civic Leadership Award

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/new-rules-project-receives-2005-national-main-street-civic-leadership-award/

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has presented its 2005 Main Street Civic Leadership Award to the New Rules Project, a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the commercial district revitalization movement by an organization or individual working in the public policy arena. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 4, 2005

Independent Theaters Fight Chains for Access to Hit Movies

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/independent-theaters-fight-chains-access-hit-movies/

At the request of independent movie theaters across the state, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is investigating claims that major movie theater chains use their clout with distributors to prevent independent theaters from showing many of the most popular first-run films. At issue is a common industry practice called clearance, whereby theaters are given exclusive rights to show a film within a certain radius around their theaters. Continue reading