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UConn Daily Campus, September 25, 2013 When it’s time to pick up some hardware supplies or grab a bite to eat, most of us feel better when we can take our business to a unique and reliable local business rather than a cookie-cutter box store or restaurant. Local businesses contribute to community character and keep wealth … Read More
Charleston City Paper, September 25, 2013 It’s the end of an era. With the announcement in mid-September that it would sell 11 of its Charleston-area stores, the family-owned Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. signaled an important shift in the local grocery marketplace. As a self-proclaimed localist, this broke my heart when I read the news. …snip… Over … Read More
Houston Chronicle, September 25, 2013 The soon-to-open Sam’s Club in west Houston is not that much bigger than the one it will replace five miles away. But company officials say it will give customers a much nicer place to shop. The Sam’s that is closing on Thursday, at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Texas 6, … Read More
Presentation given by Stacy Mitchell at the Alliance of Independent Media Stores conference in Atlanta on September 12, 2013.… Read More
Jackson Free Press, September 4, 2013 On a recent trip to the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, a couple of enterprising reporters dug up some old pictures and articles about Capitol Street. A picture dated Jan. 20, 1967, taken from the West Street intersection looking east, shows a bustling business district with independent businesses … Read More
Salon, August 31, 2013 “Whether you’re on the road or just cruising around town, your favorite McDonald’s menu items are never far away.” So boasts the McDonald’s Restaurant Locator, and a glance at a distribution map of franchises in the United States proves the point. Population centers burn brightly with the Golden Arches; even the sparsely … Read More
This week, ILSR joined a coalition of 18 independent business trade associations, led by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), in urging the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary to hold a hearing on sales tax fairness. In the following letter, addressed to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), the associations wrote … Read More
In this 30-minute interview on “This Is Hell!”, recently voted Chicago’s best talk radio show, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell talks about how Walmart is undermining the American economy and why being more engaged citizens, rather than better consumers, is the best way to counter corporate power. … Read More
WNUR-FM, Chicago – This is Hell, show, August 24, 2013 Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where she directs an initiative on independent business. The Institute of Local Self-Reliance has, according to their website, “Since 1974, ILSR has championed local self-reliance, a strategy that underscores the need for humanly scaled … Read More
