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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 19, 2006

New Analysis Refutes Findings of Wal-Mart Price Study

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/new-analysis-refutes-findings-walmart-price-study/

Last November, the consulting firm Global Insight (GI) released a study that found that Wal-Mart saved U.S. consumers $263 billion in 2004. That works out to $2,329 for the average household — a striking degree of economic benefit. But a rigorous new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a non-profit think-tank, concludes that the GI study is “fraught with problems.”
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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 12, 2006

Global Pension Fund Dumps Wal-Mart Stock

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/global-pension-fund-dumps-walmart-stock/

One of the world’s largest pension funds has sold its Wal-Mart stock, citing the retailer’s “serious and systemic violations of human rights and labour rights.” Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 9, 2006

Study Finds Wal-Mart Increases Poverty

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

A new study published this month in Social Science Quarterly has documented a correlation between Wal-Mart’s presence and higher poverty rates. Continue reading

Article, Resource filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 2, 2006

Ensuring a Future for Independent Businesses

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

This talk was sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and given at Book Expo America, an industry trade show, in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 2006. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 2, 2006

The Perils of Wal-Mart Dependence

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

In July, the town of Homer, Louisiana, will become the latest in a string of small Southern communities where Wal-Mart has taken over the local economy only to skip town years later, leaving a withered tax base and no place to buy many staple goods. Continue reading

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Resource filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 9, 2006

10 Reasons Why Maine’s Homegrown Economy Matters: And 50 Proven Ways to Revive It

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/10-reasons-why-maines-homegrown-economy-matters-and-50-proven-ways-revive-it/

This report opens with an overview of research on the impacts of large chain stores and the benefits of locally owned businesses. It then outlines dozens of concrete strategies to rebuild the homegrown economy. Although this report was written for Maine, the strategies are applicable in other states. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 2, 2006

Voters in Cal. County May Ban Corporate Spending on Ballot Initiatives

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/voters-cal-county-may-ban-corporate-spending-ballot-initiatives/

Next month voters in Humboldt County, California, will consider a ballot measure to ban election contributions by out-of-town corporations. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 28, 2006

Jane Jacobs on Locally Owned Businesses

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/jane-jacobs-locally-owned-businesses/

Among Jane Jacobs’ many accomplishments, she mobilized her neighbors and led several successful grassroots fights in the 1960s that saved Greenwich Village, Soho, Little Italy, and the Lower East Side from being leveled for glass towers and an eight-lane highway. Continue reading

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 20, 2006

Crowd of 1,400 Turns Out as Montana County Bans Big Boxes

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/crowd-1400-turns-out-montana-county-bans-big-boxes/

A public hearing on a county ordinance to limit stores to 60,000 square feet got a late start because it had to be moved first to the middle school auditorium and then to the gymnasium to accommodate the throng of nearly 1,400 people who turned out. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 8, 2006

Anti-Supercenter Ordinance Upheld

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

A California appeals court upheld an ordinance enacted by the city of Turlock that prohibits the construction of supercenters. Wal-Mart had challenged the ordinance on the grounds that it illegally restricted competition. The court ruled that the ordinance was a valid use of local authority. Continue reading