Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses...
Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses...
Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses / Stacy Mitchell.
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Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.
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N381.12097/1
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Chain store world -- Fading prosperity -- Community life -- Blighted landscape -- Sometimes low prices -- Monopolized consumers -- Uncle Sam's invisible hand -- Communities unchained -- Declaration of independents.
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"Mitchell traces the dramatic growth of megaretailers - from big boxes like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Costco, and Staples to chains like Starbucks, Olive Garden, Blockbuster, and Old Navy - and the precipitous decline of independent businesses. Drawing on examples from virtually every state in the country, she unearths the extraordinary impact of these...
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Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses / Stacy Mitchell.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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c2006.
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N381.12097/1
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74VKKjWGllLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKjWGllLy
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ISBN
0807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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381.120973
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991021976949702626
