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.
Amazon claims that it has “a mutually beneficial relationship” with the small businesses that depend on its platform. This fact sheet tells the real story.
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.
On WBUR’s On Point, Stacy Mitchell talked about Amazon's power, the secrets of Amazon’s online marketplace, and how the tech giant preys on third-party sellers.
An antitrust lawsuit filed this month by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine is a milestone in the fight against the monopoly power of Amazon.
Stacy Mitchell participated in a Senate briefing to expose the ways monopoly power threatens our democracy, our economy, and our country’s racial disparities.
Stacy Mitchell joined the “How to Citizen with Baratunde” podcast to talk about how she became an antimonopolist, as well as America’s history fighting monopolies.
Together with more than 20 independent business organizations representing over 60,000 independent businesses across the country, ILSR has officially launched the Small Business Rising coalition.
ILSR and Small Business Rising members submitted letters to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation supporting Lina Khan’s nomination to the FTC
A new coalition of independent businesses is launching today to urge policymakers to rein in monopoly power and level the economic playing field.
Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, issued the following statement in response to the expected nomination of Lina Khan to the FTC.
Host Jess Del Fiacco and ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell are joined by award-winning journalist Alec MacGillis to discuss his new book, Fulfillment. Their conversation focuses...
Nearly 400 people tuned into our lively town hall with Rep. David Cicilline on February 22nd, which detailed how Amazon’s growing dominance hurts independent businesses.
We summarized Congress's Big Tech report, particularly its findings on Amazon's monopoly and its recommendations for how Congress can liberate the economy from Amazon’s stranglehold.
We argue that the immediate federal response to the Covid-19 crisis must focus on enabling small, independent businesses to weather the economic collapse.