Forbes: How Dollar General Is Spreading Like Hot Gossip In Tiny Towns Across The Country
ILSR senior researcher Kennedy Smith discusses how smaller communities tend to be most vulnerable to Dollar General expansions. … Read More
Issue Brief: Why the 21st Century Antitrust Act is Critical for New York Small Businesses
Rampant market power abuse is endangering the economic dynamism that New York small businesses generate. State lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field.… Read More
Statement from ILSR on Alvaro Bedoya’s Confirmation to the Federal Trade Commission
Alvaro Bedoya brings to the FTC deep expertise in the ways that monopolies in sectors like food, pharmacy, and tech are harming Americans and sapping the resiliency out of our economy and democracy.… Read More
ILSR Calls for New Merger Standards to Halt Concentration, Revive Local Economies
In 1982, the two agencies charged with overseeing America’s antimonopoly laws — the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission — radically weakened their policy governing mergers. Now the agencies are embarking on an overhaul of that policy. In this comment letter, ILSR details how current enforcement policy deviates from the anti-merger laws passed by Congress, describes the consequences, and outlines as set of recommendations for updating the policy to stop concentration and revive local economies. … Read More
In Bloomberg: Amazon Fuel-Inflation Fee Has Sellers Poised to Raise Prices
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell articulates the dangers of Amazon’s monopoly power to corner the market and increase fees on third-party sellers. … Read More
In Baron: Antitrust Super Influencers
Baron names ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell as on of the top ten super influencers in the antitrust arena. … Read More
In Crain’s, NY Antitrust Bill Can Level the Playing Field for Small Business
In New York, dominant corporations are amassing unprecedented economic and political power and putting small businesses at risk. Katy Milani and Sue Warfield write in Crain’s that the proposed 21st Century Antitrust Act would level the playing field. … Read More
New Survey: America’s Independent Businesses See Monopoly Power As Biggest Threat
When asked about the challenges they face, the top three issues small businesses pointed to all have to do with the unchecked exercise of market power by dominant corporations. … Read More
2022 Independent Business Survey: Top Challenges and Policy Priorities
ILSR surveyed 908 small, independent businesses across across the country. We asked about the challenges they face and the policies they believe would improve the survival and success of independent businesses.… Read More