28 Aug 2017

8 Policy Strategies Cities Can Use to Support Local Businesses

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Independent businesses are among the best engines that cities have for advancing economic opportunity. But they’re disappearing in many places. This isn’t, in large part, because these businesses aren’t competitive. It’s because misguided public policy and concentrated market power are working against them. In this policy brief, we present 8 ways that cities can level the playing field and ensure that local businesses have the opportunity to start, grow, and thrive.… Read More
11 Aug 2017

Our Letter to the Editor: “Amazon is reshaping the U.S. economy in its own image”

by | Date: 11 Aug 2017 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Written by Olivia LaVecchia, Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on August 11, 2017.

“Given that Neal St. Anthony often writes about small business, it strikes me as odd that in his Aug. 5 column, ‘Proven-player Amazon takes heat as Foxconn is cheered,’ he fails to consider the ways that Amazon is stifling independent businesses and entrepreneurs.”… Read More

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