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Stacy Mitchell

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Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its initiatives on banking and independent business.

An advisor to business groups, grassroots organizations, and policymakers, Stacy produces research and analysis, and helps design and implement policies and strategies to curb economic consolidation and strengthen community-rooted enterprise.

Stacy has contributed articles to a variety of publications, including Business Week, Salon, The Nation, Grist, Sojourners, and others. She also produces The Hometown Advantage Bulletin, a popular monthly newsletter.

Her book, Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, has appeared on several top-ten lists and was described by Bill McKibben as “the ultimate account of the single most important economic trend in our country.”

An engaging speaker, Stacy has been a featured presenter at many national conferences. In October 2012, she gave a provocative and widely discussed TEDx talk on Why We Can’t Shop Our Way to a Better Economy.

Stacy lives in Portland, Maine. In addition to her work with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, she is a co-founder of the Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance.

Reach her on Twitter @stacyfmitchell or by email at smitchell [at] ilsr.org

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Samuel McGlone said...

Hi Stacy….I wanted to tell you that I think that you are all doing a great job getting this important message out to people. I have been developing a program for many years with the same theme in mind and finally it is ready to go into motion. The website is listed above. I was hoping that I could use some of the articles and text from your website. I could guide a lot of people to your site, but there is so much here, that I think that someone could get lost in it. We are trying to create large alliances of small local businesses and their customers to take this on from a different angle. Although I agree with you that we can not buy our way out of this situation, we can get a lot of traction through what I am developing. We start with a direct mail co-op (direct mail companies are another borderline monopoly industry). The co-op offers great value and will always be led into the customers door with our message. I spoke with AMIBA and I am hoping that maybe we can work with your organization also. We want to have a mutually beneficial relationships that can offer revenues to ILSR. We are looking for like minded people throughout the country that want to help get this message out, especially to the small business community. We have a networked commission program that will pay out for bringing these contacts to us. We could become a very substantial financial supporter for your organization. We are operating as a for profit business, but we are giving a large portion of this business (operating as an LLC with membership units) to the small businesses and consumers. We feel that this will not only keep them emotionally obligated to support it, but creating a financial interest will lock them in. Thanks for any help and advice that you can send my way. Sam McGlone.

Nov 30, 2012

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Dec 9, 2012

  • http://www.myperfectshopper.com Samuel McGlone

    Hi Stacy….I wanted to tell you that I think that you are all doing a great job getting this important message out to people. I have been developing a program for many years with the same theme in mind and finally it is ready to go into motion. The website is listed above. I was hoping that I could use some of the articles and text from your website. I could guide a lot of people to your site, but there is so much here, that I think that someone could get lost in it. We are trying to create large alliances of small local businesses and their customers to take this on from a different angle. Although I agree with you that we can not buy our way out of this situation, we can get a lot of traction through what I am developing. We start with a direct mail co-op (direct mail companies are another borderline monopoly industry). The co-op offers great value and will always be led into the customers door with our message. I spoke with AMIBA and I am hoping that maybe we can work with your organization also. We want to have a mutually beneficial relationships that can offer revenues to ILSR. We are looking for like minded people throughout the country that want to help get this message out, especially to the small business community. We have a networked commission program that will pay out for bringing these contacts to us. We could become a very substantial financial supporter for your organization. We are operating as a for profit business, but we are giving a large portion of this business (operating as an LLC with membership units) to the small businesses and consumers. We feel that this will not only keep them emotionally obligated to support it, but creating a financial interest will lock them in. Thanks for any help and advice that you can send my way. Sam McGlone.

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