New Data Shows Walmart’s Dominance in Local Grocery Markets

Walmart sells 50 percent or more of all groceries in one in every ten metropolitan areas and nearly one in three “micropolitan” areas across the country, according to a report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, out last week. In 38 of these regions, Walmart sells 70 percent or more of all groceries.

The FTC’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Comment from the Open Markets Institute on the FTC’s 3-2 clearance of the Staples-Essendant Merger

Open Markets has submitted a public comment on February 27, 2019 to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the FTC’s 3-2 clearance of the Staples-Essendant Merger.

StatementsOpen MarketsFebruary 27, 2019February 2019, 2019, Entrepreneurship, Robinson-Patman Act

Made from Concentrate

Open Markets Food & Power reporter Leah Douglas reviews Philip Howard's "Concentration and Power in the Food System" in the Washington Monthly. His slim book which poses a simple question: who controls what we eat? Four companies decide what meat you eat, two choose what milk you buy, and soon only one will determine what beer you drink. Are we all fine with that?

Op-EdsOpen MarketsOctober 2, 20172017, October 2017, Food & Power, Food & Agriculture, Robinson-Patman Act

The Real Bad Guy in the E-Book Price Fixing Case

Amazon’s continued domination of the publishing industry will hurt the book market.

Op-EdsOpen MarketsApril 29, 20122012, April 2012, Barry Lynn, Robinson-Patman Act

Monopoly Matters