Karen T. (knut) reviewed Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses on + 59 more book reviews
Stacy Mitchel traces the growth of mega-retailers and the decline of independent business. Her writing examines the impact of these companies and the big-box mentality on everything from gasoline consumption to failing family farms and declining voting levels.
The book also provides accounts of how some communities successfully countered the spread of mega stores and rebuilt the local economy.
The book also provides accounts of how some communities successfully countered the spread of mega stores and rebuilt the local economy.
Jeff M. reviewed Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses on
Outstanding overview of the challenges facing independent business, ways government precludes fair market competition by offering subsidies and other advantages to chains, and how communities and independent businesses are organizing to turn the tide.
