Stacy Mitchell

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Stacy Mitchell is an American activist and author. She is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. [1]

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Biography

Mitchell grew up in Portland, Maine. She graduated with a B.A. in history from Macalester College. [2]

She is chair of the American Independent Business Alliance. [3]

In 1997, Mitchell became a research assistant at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. [2] [4] She later became the co-executive director of the Institute. She runs a small regional office of the institute in Portland, while the headquarters in Minneapolis. [2]

In 2016, Mitchell co-authored Amazon’s Stranglehold. [5]

On May 29, 2023, an editorial by Mitchell was published in the New York Times. [6]

In her book big box swindle, Mitchell describes the Geoffrey Loophole, a tax loophole used by retailers that have locations in multiple states to avoid paying corporate income taxes. It is known as the "Geoffrey Loophole" after Geoffrey the Giraffe, the mascot for Toys R Us. [7]

Awards and honors

Big-Box Swindle was named a best business book of 2007 by the American Library Association.

In 2014, Mitchell was awarded the Beacon Award by Portland Buy Local for her "leadership and innovation in growing Portland's independent and local economy.” [8]

Books

References

  1. Streitfeld, David (18 April 2020). "As Amazon Rises, So Does the Opposition". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stacy Mitchell advocates for self-reliance as a key to sustaining local communities". Press Herald. December 23, 2018.
  3. "The Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of the". ProQuest . ProQuest   208866357.
  4. "BTW Talks 40 Years of Localism With ILSR's Stacy Mitchell". Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
  5. Brechner, Kenny (January 5, 2017). "'Amazon's Stranglehold' Co-Author Stacy Mitchell Breaks It Down".
  6. Mitchell, Stacy (29 May 2023). "Opinion | the Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive". The New York Times.
  7. "User account". the American Booksellers Association.
  8. "Indie Biz Awards honor 10 in Portland: Stacy". ProQuest . ProQuest   1615172689.
  9. "Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses by Stacy Mitchell".
  10. https://www.proquest.com/docview/324389646/57F0AF6678544272PQ/6?accountid=196403
  11. "Shopping in your hometown has its advantages | the Batavian". 28 April 2009.