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Amazon, Labor, and Race

Nov 14, 2024 | ilsr.org | Danny Caine |Reggie Rucker |Susan Holmberg |Katy Milani

Podcast (buildinglocalpower): Play in new window | DownloadFor many years, Reverend Ryan Brown has been a picker at Amazon’s RDU1 warehouse outside of Raleigh, NC. In 2020, he was asked to work in a part of the warehouse he knew was a dangerous COVID hot spot.
It's Time to Break Up with Amazon. Here's How.

Oct 31, 2024 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

When the Washington Post, at Jeff Bezos’s command, declined to endorse a presidential candidate, people instantly reacted by cancelling their Post subscriptions en masse. But soon the mood shifted as people wondered whether the best way to protest Bezos’s decision was not by punishing a newspaper, but by cancelling their Amazon Prime subscriptions. As consumers mulled this decision, many wondered, “How do I shop, if I don’t shop on Amazon?” ILSR’s Kennedy Smith is here with answers.
The Case for Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act

Aug 12, 2024 | ilsr.org | Stacy Mitchell |Katy Milani

The Case for Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act: the FTC’s Reported Action Against the Largest U.S. Alcohol Distributor As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly prepares to file suit against the largest U.S. alcohol distributor, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, this factsheet highlights why this is a crucially important turn toward enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) after decades of virtually no enforcement.
July 17th: Power Play Virtual Event

Jun 26, 2024 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

Join Us for a Virtual Panel Discussion How Monopolies Leverage Systemic Racism to Dominate Markets and What We Can Do Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET Zoom Following the release of Power Play: How Monopolies Leverage Systemic Racism to Dominate Markets, and What We Can Do to Democratize Economic Power, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance is hosting a virtual event with leading experts and advocates to discuss how monopoly power and structural racism are interwoven, and why...
ILSR Responds to the CFPB’s Proposed Guardrails for Digital Banking

Jan 24, 2024 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani |Stacy Mitchell

Today’s banking sector is too concentrated and failing to serve the needs of communities. As locally rooted banks have shuttered, nothing has replaced them. As a result, many consumers and small businesses are turning to online banking, mobile payment services, and fintech to meet their banking needs. But these platforms are also consolidating, which will only enhance the power of financial actors, rather than bring affordable capital and banking services to the communities that need them.
ILSR Press Event: Sellers and Small Businesses Applaud FTC’s Amazon Lawsuit

Sep 26, 2023 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Third-party sellers and small business leaders joined the Institute for Local Self-Reliance at a virtual press briefing to applaud the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, hailing the action as a critical step to ending Amazon’s abuses and opening the online market to competition. At the press event, ILSR Co-Executive Director Stacy Mitchell was joined by third-party sellers and small business owners who spoke to the importance of this case and took questions.
ILSR Comment Letter Supporting FTC and DOJ’s Proposed Merger Guidelines

Sep 19, 2023 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani |Stacy Mitchell |Ron Knox

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to update the merger guidelines marked a dramatic shift from business as usual for the agencies tasked with curbing corporate concentration in our economy. The proposed guidelines released in July 2023 were a significant and important improvement over the current, 2010 edition of the guidelines.
Share Your Story. How Has Monopoly Affected Your Life, Your Business, Your Community?

Aug 9, 2023 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

Is a monopoly crushing your business? Did an acquisition mean someone in your family lost their job? Has your internet service gotten worse and more expensive? Are you living in a food desert? Monopoly power is the leading threat to the economic vitality of local communities, small businesses, and workers. This is because over the last four decades merger enforcement has become disconnected from the law and from the reality of how markets work.
Fact Sheet: Credit Card Swipe Fees - A Hidden Monopoly Tax on Small Businesses and Shoppers

Jun 20, 2023 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

There’s growing momentum among lawmakers to take action against monopolistic credit card companies and banks — namely Visa and Mastercard — who have used their market power to dictate rates at the expense of small business owners and consumers. Visa and Mastercard control 85% of credit and debit card transactions leaving independent businesses and their customers subject to a monopoly tax.
Fixing the Food Gap: Antitrust Action and Grassroots Solutions to Check Dollar Stores and Rebuild Local Grocery Stores

Apr 21, 2023 | ilsr.org | Katy Milani

The rise of predatory retail chainsŌĆöincluding Walmart, Kroger, and Dollar GeneralŌĆöhas wreaked havoc on our communities. These giants leverage their power to bully farmers and muscle out independent grocers, which has undermined our food system, left many communities without access to fresh, healthy food, and harmed our local economies.