On a 4-2 vote, the City Council in Port Townsend, a community of about 8,500 people on the northwest coast of Washington state, approved an...
Local business owners across the country are coming to the aid of their counterparts in the Gulf Coast by establishing funds to provide direct assistance...
Just one month after its abrupt closing, Kepler’s Books and Magazines in Menlo Park, California, has reopened thanks to an outpouring of support from the...
In an effort to create more capital for local business loans and community development, the city of Santa Cruz, California, has shifted nearly $600,000 in...
A new study has concluded that additional chain retail expansion on Cape Cod would undermine the region’s economy. … Read More
David Morris speaking on John Roberts and the Supreme Court during Wendy Wilde Show, Air America Minnesota … Read More
In some of the first research to examine the effectiveness of buy-local campaigns, surveys in two Philadelphia neighborhoods, conducted at the end of a month-long...
In an ironic turn of events, Wal-Mart has called on the British government to intervene in the growing market dominance of rival retailer Tesco. …...
Grocery and big-box retailers in New York City will be required to contribute a set minimum to their employees’ health insurance, under an ordinance passed...
The nation’s largest seller of everything from groceries to toys wants to go into banking. Wal-Mart has applied to open a bank in Utah. State...
The New Economics Foundation’s Alternative Mansion House Speech, given by Stacy Mitchell in May 2005. … Read More
Independent remodeling businesses are being increasingly squeezed by Home Depot and Lowe’s. Having captured nearly half of all hardware and building supply sales nationally, the...
Global retailing giants — including the British chain Tesco, France’s Carrefour, and Walmart — have also been lobbying for an end to rules that bar...
Two former television journalists are traveling cross country in search of Independent America and are making a documentary about what they find. … Read More
Communities around the country are celebrating the second annual Independents Week, which draws on the July 4th holiday to remind people of the value of...