A new report from ILSR finds that Amazon’s steep and growing fees make it nearly impossible for independent sellers to sustain viable businesses. Most fail.
By establishing clear rules to stop dominant corporations from abusing their power, this legislation will safeguard democracy and create new vitality in many communites.
Statement from Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, on the introduction of the Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance responds to recently-released legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at addressing the concentrated corporate power of the Big Tech companies.
President Biden nominated Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission, ILSR issued a statement applauding the nomination and urging Bedoya's speedy Senate confirmation.
This statement was issued by ILSR's Stacy Mitchell in response to new amendments to an antitrust complaint filed against Amazon by D.C. AG Karl Racine.
Leadership and staff at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announced today that they have signed an agreement recognizing the formation of a staff union.… Read...
Biden's executive order marks a turning point in the fight against monopoly power. It includes more than 70 provisions, many of which reflect ILSR’s priorities.
Today’s bipartisan vote in the House Judiciary Committee was a clear sign of the gathering momentum to break up Amazon and the other tech giants.
A new ILSR fact sheet explains how Amazon is crushing independent businesses, detailing eight ways that Amazon abuses its market dominance to hurt smaller competitors.
Stacy Mitchell responds to today’s release of legislation by the House Judiciary Committee designed to address the outsized power of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook.
As the New York State Senate prepares to pass historic legislation today, a broad coalition of unions, industry associations, workers, and small business owners applauded...
Small Business Rising, a coalition representing more than 150,000 independent businesses, signaled its support for groundbreaking antitrust legislation moving in the New York State legislature.
Dozens of locally based alternatives to the big third-party delivery apps have debuted during the pandemic, proving that in the food-delivery sector, local is better.
A new coalition of independent businesses is launching today to urge policymakers to rein in monopoly power and level the economic playing field.