The good news is that overall sales at independent retailers grew by about 4 percent. The bad news is that chains grew faster and independents...
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...
Stacy Mitchell is interviewed on the Craig Fahle Show on WDET in Detroit on the issues around big box retail and independent businesses. The show...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce describes itself as "the voice of business."Â But a growing number of small independent businesses and even local chambers are...
Community solar power has the promise of making solar more affordable, bringing sun-powered electricity to renters or people with shady roofs, and dispersing the economics...
The two groups that have traditionally spoken for small business in Washington often push an agenda that only big business could love, writes ILSR’s Stacy...
A top Federal Reserve official says that locally owned banks do a better job of serving communities and small businesses, but they are threatened by...
Just as CSAs have played a key role in the rebirth of small-scale farms, so too are new community-supported enterprise models helping to launch a...
A growing number of big corporations are using offshore tax havens to escape paying U.S. taxes. A recent estimate suggests big companies are dodging at...
How do we change course and revive a banking system that is more local and responsive to the needs of communities?… Read More
This guide will walk you through the steps of moving your bank account. You can download this a flyer to distribute in your community.… Read...
Here are the most compelling reasons to move your money to a locally owned bank or credit union. You can download this as flyer to...
In the perilous aftermath of one of the worst financial disasters in U.S. history, one might expect credit unions — which, after all, are mostly...
One of the more menacing amendments circling the financial reform bill is a proposal by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) that would bar states from enforcing...
While the number of miles logged going to work, social events, and other activities declined over the last decade, the number of miles families drive...