To Beat Retail Monopolies, We Need to Shed Our Consumer Identity

Date: 7 Dec 2006 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A growing number of communities are fighting back against the rising power of large retail stores like Wal-Mart. But real change won’t come until we stop thinking of ourselves as consumers and start thinking of ourselves as engaged citizens.… Read More

San Diego Bans Supercenters

Date: 1 Dec 2006 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The San Diego City Council voted 5-3 to prohibit supercenters — stores that are larger then 90,000 square feet and devote more than 10 percent of their floor area to groceries. The measure will prevent Wal-Mart and Target from opening large supercenters in the city. Wal-Mart supercenters average 187,000 square feet in size.… Read More

David Morris in Discussion about Corporate Mergers on Marc Steiner Show

David Morris
in a discussion on what it means to a community when its major
financial and corporate institutions are swallowed up by national and
international mergers.  With University of Baltimore professor Richard Clinch and Baltimore Sun business reporter Jay Hancock – Broadcast on the Marc Steiner Show, WYPR.
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