AltWeeklies Wire
Blame It on the Framesnew
A Santa Fe business struggles to survive amid big-box competition.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limon |
08-30-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Small business, Big Box Stores
The Shift to Local is Happening Across America, and It's Happening Nownew
I just spent 23 days traveling across America. I drove 9,220 miles, visited 25 cities and towns, and interviewed 75 people who are reshaping and reforming our communities by investing in local economies.
Dig Boston |
Joe Grafton |
08-20-2009 |
Business & Labor
Localwashing: The Corporate Co-Opt of Localnew
With Americans' new focus on buying products made close to home, corporations are moving quickly to co-opt the term "local." But if everything is local, is anything local?
Gambit |
Stacy Mitchell |
07-16-2009 |
Business & Labor
One Florida City's War on Sinnew
Winter Park doesn't just have a booby bar in its sights; tattoo parlors and other supposedly ill-reputed businesses have also been targeted next.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
11-06-2008 |
Business & Labor
Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteernew
Across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to the smallest rural towns, are often-scrappy companies with a handful of employees who work contracts from the low thousands to the low millions. Some estimate the number of companies doing defense-related business in the state at numbers as high as 2,000.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
07-02-2008 |
Business & Labor
Merchants Fight for Toehold in Gentrifying Downtown Ft. Lauderdalenew
If Jerry Miles loses the latest battle with his landlord, the retail face of downtown Fort Lauderdale likely will become a little more upscale and a little less quirky.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
04-08-2008 |
Business & Labor
