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Apr. 11, 2008 New York Requires Amazon.com to Collect Sales Tax
In a move that will help level the playing field for independent businesses, New York lawmakers adopted a policy this week requiring Amazon.com and other online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes.
Mar. 6, 2008 More States Close Tax Loophole that Gives Chains an Edge
 For years, chain retailers have exploited a loophole present in the tax laws of about half the states to escape paying billions of dollars in state income taxes. Efforts to close these loopholes have faced an uphill struggle, but the momentum may finally be shifting.
May. 9, 2008 Community-Owned Stores
by Stacy Mitchell, Forum News, May-June 2008
This article is reproduced with permission from the National Trust's Preservation Forum.
May. 5, 2008 4 Ways Your Rebate Check can Help You and Our Local Economy
Flyer for download and distribution.
Apr. 25, 2008 Wal-Mart Takes Greenwashing to a New Level
by Stacy Mitchell, Beacon Broadside
One company has developed a far more sophisticated, and ultimately much more dangerous, approach to manipulating environmental sentiment for its own expansion and profit.
Mar. 18, 2008 Buy Local Slide Show
 Watch our online slide show of examples of how of how communities nationwide are promoting the importance of supporting locally owned businesses.
Mar. 11, 2008 Radio Podcast: The Big-Box Swindle
A one-hour podcast from the Mark Johnson Show on WDEV (in three parts).
Mar. 1, 2008 Visit Big Box Tool Kit!
 ILSR's online resource center to help citizens beat the big boxes and chart a new course for economic development in their communities.
Dec. 2, 2007 Why Support Locally Owned Businesses?
Our top ten reasons why locally owned businesses are critical to your community's well-being and economic vitality. Download as a one-page flyer for distribution.
Dec. 1, 2007 CD-ROM: Regulating Big Box Retail
A session from the American Planning Association's 2007 conference. Presenters were Thomas Jacobson, Stacy Mitchell, and Julie Tappendorf. CD-ROM includes audio synchronized with PowerPoint, transcripts and slides, note sheets, and reading materials.
Aug. 24, 2007 Declaration of Independents
Lecture delivered by Stacy Mitchell at the 26th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Jul. 19, 2007 Wal-Mart Maps
 See which states have the most Wal-Mart stores and the most Wal-Mart square footage per capita, as well as a map of the 246 outlets Wal-Mart has abandoned.
Jun. 18, 2007 DVD: Stacy Mitchell Talks about the Big-Box Swindle
DVD of ILSR's Stacy Mitchell giving a talk in Nov. 2006 about the hidden costs of big-box retail and what communities can do to rebuild local businesses. The event was sponsored by Local First Utah and filmed by Salt Lake City Television. (1 hr, 4 min)
Mar. 28, 2007 The Impossibility of a Green Wal-Mart
 By Stacy Mitchell, Grist
Wal-Mart's green initiatives have distracted journalists and activists alike from the fundamental unsustainability of big-box retail.
Feb. 28, 2007 The Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers
 Subsidies, tax dodges, and dead malls.
An Interview with Stacy Mitchell.
Multinational Monitor, Feb. 2007
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