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Report Calls Endless Tax Incentives for Retail Expansion A Losing Strategy for St. Louis
Despite years of diverting massive amounts of public revenue to private development throughout the St. Louis region, a new study by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments finds these t… more →
Wholesale vs. Big Box Retail
Kaitlin wrote 2 months ago: Take your pick: are you someone who despises Wal-Mart or has a moral confliction about Target, or av … more →
Tribal Buying
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davidpleach wrote 2 months ago: In Tribes, Seth Godin demonstrates how ideas are propelling through our culture via “tribes … more →
Big Box Reuse
design1sm wrote 3 months ago: http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1%3Alatest-news&layout=news&id=3695% … more →
Economic Ouroboros
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fonde wrote 3 months ago: (author’s note: The Ouroboros is an ancient Egyptian symbol depicting a serpent or dragon fo … more →
Report Calls Endless Tax Incentives for Retail Expansion A Losing Strategy for St. Louis
Caitlin Lacy wrote 5 months ago: Despite years of diverting massive amounts of public revenue to private development througho … more →
Big Box Retail & Historic Resources Debate
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Kaitlin wrote 5 months ago: After last Friday’s post, Hey Wal-Mart! Ever Hear of “Historic Significance”?, Missy left a great co … more →
Sales Tax Skimming Costs States $1 Billion
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Phil Mattera wrote 7 months ago: Skimming the Sales Tax, a new report from Good Jobs First, shines a light on a little known aspect o … more →
Feds’ Proposal Would Cut Transparency on Tax-Exempt Bonds
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Allison Lack wrote 7 months ago: The Bush Administration is coming to a close, but it’s not asleep. With eyebrow-raising timing, th … more →
State and Local Ballot Initiative Round-Up
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Leigh McIlvaine wrote 8 months ago: The following is a quick review of selected important ballot initiatives pertaining to state and loc … more →
Retail Subsidies Questioned in Alabama
Phil Mattera wrote 8 months ago: For years Good Jobs First has been warning of the dangers of subsidizing retail development—overbuil … more →
Big Breaks for the Big Boys
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Allison Lack wrote 11 months ago: New York City has traditionally been a haven for small and independent businesses, but that seems to … more →
Subsidies in NYC: Now and Forever?
Bettina Damiani wrote 11 months ago: At today’s Crain’s breakfast in Midtown Manhattan, business leaders got a sneak peak at … more →
“Eco-towns” Ignite UK Debate
Jeff McCourt wrote 1 year ago: Plans by Britain’s Labour Government to build new “ecotowns” are sparking demonstrations outside Par … more →
Home Depot Pays Off Bonds Linked to Cancelled Store
Karla Walter wrote 1 year ago: Home Depot is spending $2.4 million on a Wichita, Kansas store that won’t ever open. The struggling … more →
i got those big-box retail blues
Jonathan Edwards wrote 1 year ago: OK, OK, this is the last angsty post, I swear. I’ve been interviewing for jobs (and by … more →
Taking Aim at the Big-Box Economy
Guest Blogger wrote 1 year ago: Today’s guest blog is by Stacy Mitchell, author of the highly recommended book Big-Box Swindle and a … more →
Up to Their Hip Boots in Subsidies
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Guest Blogger wrote 1 year ago: Today’s guest blog is by David Ewald of Ewald Consulting; he will address both the Big-Box and Smart … more →
Retailers Going Bankrupt, Yet We Subsidize More and More
Greg LeRoy wrote 1 year ago: This morning’s New York Times leads with an article about the wave of bankruptcies, likely bankruptc … more →
Subsidy-Hungry Cabela's: Is Its Business Model Teetering?
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Greg LeRoy wrote 1 year ago: It’s an axiom in the economic development profession that if a company really depends on subsidies t … more →
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