Three years ago, after learning that Borders Books & Music planned to open an outlet in Corvallis, Oregon, Jack Wolcott, who has owned a local...
Taxpayers are picking up the tab for Wal-Mart’s low wages and meager benefits, according to a new congressional report. Prepared by the Democratic staff of...
Under a city law adopted in March, chains seeking to locate in San Francisco could be required to undergo a public hearing and meet certain...
In his State of the State address, Vermont Governor James Douglas proposed closing a tax loophole that gives national chains an advantage over local businesses....
Following an outcry from local and national activists, the city of Denver has abandoned plans to condemn a shopping center, evict more than a dozen...
Rather than capping the size of all retail stores, a growing number of cities and counties in California are banning supercenters in particular. These are...
An internal audit obtained by The New York Times documents thousands of violations of state labor laws at Wal-Mart stores. The audit, performed by the...
"A new retail feudalism is emerging across Britain as a handful of brands take over our shopping. We are witnessing the slow death of small...
Last year when Home Depot announced that it would open in a former Ames department store building in Brattleboro, Vermont, a group of residents organized...
In early January, the Hood River, Oregon, County Commission voted 3-2 to reject Wal-Mart’s application to build a 186,000-square-foot supercenter. "This was a marvelous and...
A California Superior Court judge has suspended construction of two Wal-Mart supercenters in Bakersfield, California, indefinitely. Judge Kenneth Twisselman ruled that the city council had...
More than 250 independent businesses in and around the city of Bellingham in northwest Washington have joined together to urge residents to "think local first"...
Austin residents responded enthusiastically to a call by independent retailers to shop exclusively at locally owned businesses on Saturday, November 15. The one-day event, called...
Chains are multiplying much faster than locally owned businesses in Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to a new study commissioned by the Santa Fe Independent...
Before a standing-room-only crowd, the Tuolumne County, California, Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in January to ban retail outlets over 60,000 square feet, about half...