Local “Washing” on NPR
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September 18, 2009, 5:18 pm
Filed under: Media | Tags: big box stores, buy local, local washing, malachy kavanagh, npr, Pasadena, patt morrison, stacey mitchell, tamara johnston mcmahon
Filed under: Media | Tags: big box stores, buy local, local washing, malachy kavanagh, npr, Pasadena, patt morrison, stacey mitchell, tamara johnston mcmahon
Stacey Mitchell, Senior Researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, was a guest on Patt Morrison, yesterday, along with Buy Local Pasadena’s Tamara Johnston McMahon and VP of communications for the International Council of Shopping Centers, Malachy Kavanagh.
Read and listen about the controversy over big box stores changing to a more “local” image. Is it local or is it washing?
For a more in depth look, read Stacey Mitchell’s article, The Corporate Co-opt of Local.
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