Big-Box Retail

In The American Prospect: Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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?

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

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

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

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[...]