ILSR outlines steps to prevent marketplace platforms like Amazon from listing your small business's products without permission.
ILSR hosts a virtual briefing on Amazon’s growing capture of your local public dollars — and what you can do about it.
The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.
Stacy Mitchell talks to WBUR's 1A about the economic and policy forces creating a challenging environment for independent businesses.
Analysis reveals Amazon's contracts undermine procurement safeguards while independent suppliers offer better prices, service, and transparency.
Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it.
You know why your local and state governments shouldn't be buying from Amazon. Here's what you can do about it.
Non-compete clauses prevent workers from changing jobs within an industry or starting their own competing firm. Banning non-competes would spur job creation and economic growth.
An ILSR event with independent business associations exploring how your business can stand up to big corporate power and level the playing field.
States can and often do play a crucial role in antitrust enforcement; these recommendations will help ensure that state enforcers can effectively utilize that authority.
More than almost any other factor, a community’s planning and land use laws and policies affect its success in supporting small, locally owned businesses.
Ron Knox's new zine Resist Monopolies! documents the battles and triumphs of the growing antimonopoly movement, and shows how you can fight against corporate control.
Stacy Mitchell went on Wisconsin Public Radio to explain why boycotts alone can't rein in Amazon — and why building citizen muscle helps defeat monopoly...
Kennedy Smith made an appearance on the Oddly Specific podcast to share insights about the community harms dollar stores cause, and how to fight them.
ILSR details the many policy ideas states can implement to strengthen their antitrust laws to fight corporate monopolies and build local economic power.