Since 2000, the overall volume of business lending per capita at banks has grown by 26 percent, but this expansion has entirely benefited large businesses....
Over the last few years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has dramatically reduced its support for smaller small businesses and shifted more of its...
Walmart now captures $1 of every $4 Americans spend on groceries. It’s on track to claim one-third of food sales within five years. Here’s a...
While just 24 percent of big banks offer totally free checking, more than 60 percent of credit unions and small banks do, according to a...
As a share of their total assets, small business lending at the nation’s largest banks fell by 33% in three years. … Read More
This infographic tracks how Amazon bullied and swindled its way to becoming one of the most powerful retailers on the planet. On pace to be...
A new ranking of states based on “small business friendliness” gives low scores to those with more stringent environmental, labor, health & safety, and other...
These graphs illustrate the shifting market share of chain and independent retailers between 1982 and 2007, as well as the growing share of spending captured...
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Wal-Mart and Target are currently building "supercenters," which combine their usual array of merchandise with a full supermarket and numerous specialty services from cut flowers...