David Morris discusses Electric Vehicles and related issues on WCCO’s Don Shelby Show on October 22, 2008. … Read More
Shifting even a modest amount of consumer spending from chains to locally owned businesses would have a major impact on the West Michigan economy, according...
The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative, a four-year-old, statewide grant and loan program for grocery store development, has financed over 50 independent grocery stores and...
Shopping center construction continues at a furious pace, even as chain retailers announce plans to close more than 6,500 outlets and vacancy rates soar.… Read...
This commentary was originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. What Wal-Mart has saved poor and middle-income Americans —and there’s reason to doubt the depth...
Originally published in the Times Union. The Capital Region’s future would be much better served by fostering the growth of locally owned businesses, rather than...
David Morris talking about plug-in electric vehicles – broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midday Program. … Read More
What makes Wal-Mart’s initiatives more challenging to confront than simple greenwashing is that they have just enough substance to have distracted many people, including a...
Included in the state budget passed this week by the New York legislature is a provision that requires online retailers, including Amazon.com, to collect state...
Stacy Mitchell on the Big-Box Swindle and related issues – broadcast on the Mark Johnson Show, RadioVermont WDEV, Mar. 11, 2008. … Read More
For years, chain retailers have exploited a loophole present in the tax laws of about half the states to escape paying billions of dollars in...
The success of the Powell Mercantile has inspired at least half a dozen other towns in Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada—all too small and remote to...
In dozens of towns across the country, citizens have seized the reins of their local economies by starting community-owned stores. This 6-page fact sheet shows...
A new study commissioned by Local First Arizona reports that a purchasing contract with an independent local supplier recirculates three times as much money in...
The American Booksellers Association’s January 2008 Winter Institute conference featured a roundtable discussion with authors Bill McKibben, Stacy Mitchell, and Michael Shuman, who talked about...