Media Advisory: Sellers and Small Businesses Applaud FTC’s Amazon Lawsuit
This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades, Stacy Mitchell says in ILSR's statement.
This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades, Stacy Mitchell says in ILSR's statement.
This draft heralds a long overdue end to the dangerous and destructive approach of the last four decades, Stacy Mitchell says in ILSR's statement
How Amazon uses its monopoly power to extract extreme and rapidly growing fees from businesses on their site that have little choice to reach customers.
ILSR co-hosted a virtual press event alongside consumer advocates, antimonopoly reformers, and small businesses urging Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act.
Communities are adopting innovative strategies to sustain their grocery stores or create new ones amidst the challenges posed by grocery sector consolidation.
Amazon exploited its chokehold of the online retail sector by extracting more than $155 billion in fees from Amazon marketplace sellers, Stacy Mitchell says.
Our fact sheet explains how credit card monopolies and banks are imposing swipe fees to profit at the expense of small business and consumers.
Amazon's ability to bully and exploit other businesses through its integration across business lines is an example of why the bill is so important.
In a conversation with MECEP's Arthur Phillips, Stacy Mitchell discusses how concentrated corporate power has impacted Maine and what state leaders can do about it.
Our tax system used to serve as a check on corporate power. Now it fuels market concentration, write Susan Holmberg and Niko Lusiani in ProMarket.
“It’s time to revisit and reimagine the proactive role tax policy can have in enabling fair competition,” says Susan Holmberg, a co-author of the report.
ILSR and Recast City have collaborated on Equitable Lending Leaders, a program to help small business lending programs reach underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Every purchase you make with a card has a swipe fee baked in. These fees alone make billions for big banks and card companies. We...
Amazon’ strategy — which includes securing tax advantages — offers a road map of how to harness the tax system to build a monopoly.
For the launch of the The Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, Stacy Mitchell spoke on the importance of antimonopoly to a fair and free economy and democracy.