Thinking Outside the Big Box


Caption: NRF and Big Box Retailers want to move small retailers off mainstreet and offline.

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There is a multi-million dollar, coordinated campaign underway to push small business off the Internet, brought to you by the same lobby who already steamrolled Main Street America.

How are they doing it? By using everything from selective distribution or "no eBay" contractual clauses to Retail Price Fixing to accusing small online retailers of leading a life of crime.

Make no mistake, this campaign is aimed squarely at the Internet. More precisely, aimed at the small retailers, entrepreneurs and consumers who use the technology. According to Big Box Thinking, the Internet is seen as a villain - an agent of "destabilizing technology." "Destabilizing?" Do consumers consider it "destabilizing" when they can find better prices? No, they consider it a bargain. Do creative entrepreneurs, the small businesses that have always been the backbone of our economy, consider the Internet to be "destabilizing?" No, they see it as a way for the little guy to compete with the behemoths.

Protectconsumerchoice.org helps defend small businesses and consumers - so join us, and think Outside the Big Box!

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