ILSR Press Releases and Selected Media Coverage
Media Advisory: Sellers and Small Businesses Applaud FTC's Amazon Lawsuit
Reggie Rucker
September 26, 2023
"This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades," Stacy Mitchell, ILSR Co-Executive Director, says in the statement. READ MORE
Statement on FTC's Amazon Lawsuit
September 26, 2023
"This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades," Stacy Mitchell, ILSR Co-Executive Director, says in the statement. READ MORE
Statement on Proposed New Merger Guidelines
July 19, 2023
"This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades," Stacy Mitchell, ILSR Co-Executive Director, says in the statement. READ MORE
"[FTC] lawsuit reveals Amazon’s utter contempt for its customers," says Stacy Mitchell in Statement on Amazon Prime Lawsuit
June 21, 2023
Mitchell goes on to highlight that last year, Amazon exploited its chokehold of the online retail sector by extracting more than $155 billion in fees from Amazon marketplace sellers, calling it, "an extraordinary measure of its monopoly power.” READ MORE
"We are dismayed that Congress has yet to enact even these basic and obvious safeguards," says Stacy Mitchell in statement on the reintroduction of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
June 16, 2023
Mitchell points to Amazon's ability to bully and exploit other businesses through its integration across business lines as an example of why the bill is such "an important piece of legislation." READ MORE
Advocates Applaud Equitable Clean Energy Wins in Minn. Legislation, Look to Next Session for More Progress
Katie Kienbaum
May 19, 2023
A coalition of clean energy advocates celebrates new legislation in Minnesota, which will increase access to clean energy and local solar across the state. READ MORE
On WBHM: Advocates warn of a ‘dollar store invasion'
Andrew Frank
April 6, 2023
NPR affiliate station WBHM reported on the rapid expansion of dollar stores across the American South. Across three segments, reporter Stephan Bisha interviewed... READ MORE
NEW BRIEF: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic
Reggie Rucker
March 30, 2023
“It’s time to revisit and reimagine the proactive role tax policy can have in enabling fair competition, tackling concentrated markets and in turn driving productivity and innovation, lowering prices, and fueling more and better jobs,” says Susan Holmberg, a co-author of th READ MORE
StarTribune: Utility Lobbying Violates Ratepayers' Free Speech
Maria McCoy
March 23, 2023
In this commentary from the Minneapolis StarTribune, John Farrell makes a case against monopoly utilities using customer funds for political lobbying. Compelling captive customers to pay for political speech is a violation of their first amendment right, says Farrell. READ MORE
BioCycle: Community Composters Grow Into a Movement
Andrew Frank
March 22, 2023
ILSR's Clarissa Libertelli authored an article in BioCycle on the Composting for Community initiative's first-ever Community Composter Census... READ MORE