Big-Box Retail
In The American Prospect: Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying
March 27th, 2024
In a new study, the Federal Trade Commission found that big retailers — Walmart, Kroger, Amazon — th[...]
In a NY Times TikTok, We Explain Why Your Groceries Are Still So Expensive
August 10th, 2023
In a popular New York Times Tik Tok, Stacy Mitchell explained why we need to look past the headlines[...]
On the Capitol Forum Podcast: Food Deserts, Rising Prices, and Antitrust
June 27th, 2023
“Inflation in the grocery sector has really been a cover story for price gouging on the part of thes[...]
In the New York Times: The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive
May 29th, 2023
As big retailers exploit their financial control over suppliers, independent grocers are being drive[...]
NEW BRIEF: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic
March 30th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For media inquiries, please contact: Reggie Rucker, ILSR Communications Dir[...]
Salt Lake Tribute (Opinion): Building strong communities could be a team sport
September 13th, 2022
Excerpt from the editorial by Matt Witt, originally published at Salt Lake Tribune on September 13, [...]
On Pitchfork Economics: How Walmart Gutted Communities
October 28th, 2021
Stacy Mitchell — the “strategist of the demise of Amazon as we know it” — joined David Goldstein on [...]
Report: Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets
June 26th, 2019
In 43 metropolitan areas and 160 smaller markets, Walmart captures 50 percent or more of grocery sal[...]
Interview: In The Sun, Stacy Mitchell Discusses Amazon and the Future of Local Economies
October 25th, 2018
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell is the subject of The Sun magazine’s featured interview this month. [...]
Walmart aims high on lowering carbon footprint
August 1st, 2017
Marketplace - August 1, 2017 Written by Dan Boyce When the U.S. backed out of the Paris Clim[...]
How Big Businesses Get Big Subsidies (Episode 23)
June 29th, 2017
In the latest episode of Building Local Power, guest host Stacy Mitchell, ILSR's co-director, inter[...]
With 269 Stores Closing, Is this the Beginning of the End for Walmart?
February 17th, 2016
All great empires eventually fall. This is as true in retail as it is in geopolitics. Often the de[...]
Walmart Spews a Huge Amount of Climate Pollution with Its Shipping, but Doesn’t Report Any of It
June 3rd, 2015
By Stacy Mitchell and Walter Wuthmann This piece first appeared at Grist. At Walmart’s annual [...]
Walmart Is Quietly Going on a Massive Building Spree
March 23rd, 2015
This piece was written by ILSR's Walter Wuthmann, and first published by Grist. In January of las[...]
New Maps Show Alarming Pace of Walmart’s Continued Growth
March 23rd, 2015
Many people assume that there’s no point in having a public debate about the consequences of Wal[...]