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An accessible, in-depth exploration of the economic, environmental, and social damage being done by big-box stores like Wal-Mart, Costco, and Home Depot. Wal-Mart’s labor policies are at the forefront of numerous discussions but Mitchell includes many large-scale retailers in her analysis, describing the problematic effect that big-box stores are having on local economies, the environment and ultimately on consumers.

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"& quot; Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware.& quot; "" Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware."" ""Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware."" Review By: Jim Hightower, - March 28, 2006"" ""Through rich, real-life stories, Stacy Mitchell reveals that those 'low prices' so proudly promoted by big-box behemoths come at an intolerably high cost to our communities and culture. Can we beat the behemoths? Yes! And Mitchell shows us the way. Read on, take heart, and take action!"" ""In the muckraking tradition of ""Fast Food Nation"" and ""Nickel and Dimed"", this is a searing indictment of the impact of behemoth retailers (Wal-Mart, Costco, Best Buy, et al.) on this country, its landscape and small towns, as well as the global marketplace. An independent business activist from Maine fills this urgent book with eye-openers on every page, including many trenchant examples from the Northwest."" --John Marshall, ""Seattle Post-Intelligencer"" ""What ""Nickel and Dimed"" did for the Wal-Mart worker, Mitchell does for the community threatened by mega-retailers.""--Bill McKibben, author of ""The End of Nature"""

& quot; Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware.& quot; Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware. Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware. Review By: Jim Hightower, - March 28, 2006 Through rich, real-life stories, Stacy Mitchell reveals that those 'low prices' so proudly promoted by big-box behemoths come at an intolerably high cost to our communities and culture. Can we beat the behemoths? Yes! And Mitchell shows us the way. Read on, take heart, and take action! In the muckraking tradition of Fast Food Nation and Nickel and Dimed , this is a searing indictment of the impact of behemoth retailers (Wal-Mart, Costco, Best Buy, et al.) on this country, its landscape and small towns, as well as the global marketplace. An independent business activist from Maine fills this urgent book with eye-openers on every page, including many trenchant examples from the Northwest. --John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer What Nickel and Dimed did for the Wal-Mart worker, Mitchell does for the community threatened by mega-retailers. --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

& quot; Her book is a prodigiously researched, lucidly written diatribe against mega-retailers... Category-killers, beware.& quot;

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Stacy Mitchell is a regular speaker and advisor to communities on retail development and independent business. A senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, she chairs the American Independent Business Alliance . Mitchell regularly contributes articles and commentaries to magazines and newspapers, and produces an acclaimed monthly email newsletter, The Hometown Advantage Bulletin. She lives in Portland, Maine.

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