In its push to get into urban areas, Walmart is claiming that its stores are actually good for nearby small businesses, at least those that...
Walmart’s history is the story of what has gone wrong in the American economy. Wages have stagnated. The middle class has shrunk. The ranks of...
For years, Amazon has used its size and market power to bully publishers and keep other retailers from competing in the e-book market. And, for...
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...
The staggeringly rich Waltons, who own half of Walmart and have a net worth equal to the bottom one-third of Americans combined, are using their...
A new ranking of states based on “small business friendliness” gives low scores to those with more stringent environmental, labor, health & safety, and other...
By bribing officials, Walmart was able to outpace its competitors, opening new stores so fast they had no time to react. In just a few...
In this cover story for Sojourners Magazine, Stacy Mitchell writes that there is remarkably little evidence to support the idea that bigger banks are superior.
In this new report, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance documents how Walmart’s heavily promoted sustainability initiatives are falling short. “Walmart’s sustainability campaign has done more...
The world’s biggest retailer has gotten an undeserved free pass from many environmentalists. It’s time to take a tougher line and set a higher standard....
In this 30-minute radio interview on Sea Change Radio, Stacy talks about Walmart’s environmental impact and its greenwashing.
An annual survey has found that independent businesses had strong sales growth over the holidays and appear to be benefitting from growing public interest in...
Walmart’s expansion is making our food system more concentrated and industrialized than ever before. … Read More
Over the last decade, Walmart has emerged as one of the country’s largest funders of political campaigns. Its dollars skew heavily in favor of candidates...
Even as Walmart has been hyping its supposed environmental epiphany, it has continued to unroll vast, low-rise supercenters at breakneck speed. Since 2005, Walmart has...