5/10/2019 | FFMI SALUTES SMALL BUSINESSES STANDING UP AGAINST AMAZON |
5/09/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Trying To “Amass A Treasure Trove Of Sensitive Data” On Your Kids Through Alexa |
5/02/2019 | In Case You Missed It! What Amazon Knows About You |
5/01/2019 | AMAZON’S GROWTH IN SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS BANKROLLED BY BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS |
4/18/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Waging War On Its Third-Party Sellers |
4/16/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Turning A Blind Eye On Thousands Of Fake Reviews |
4/15/2019 | In Case You Missed It!On Tax Day, A Reminder That Money Handed To Amazon “Isn’t Free” |
4/15/2019 | TAX (AVOIDANCE) DAY: AMAZON’S SCHEME IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS |
4/12/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Alexa Giving Amazon Employees Unlimited Access To Private Conversations, Just Like Ring |
4/11/2019 | AMAZON’S GROWTH FUELED BY TAX SCHEMES AT THE EXPENSE OF BRICK-AND-MORTAR RETAILERS |
4/09/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Fears Emerge Over “How A Very Large Organization That Also Sells Me Stuff Is Going To Use My Health Information” |
4/09/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Local Residents Warn Amazon Contributing “Too Little To Address The Disruption It Helped Create” |
4/05/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Poses “Direct Threat To The Health And Safety Of Children And Babies” |
4/04/2019 | They Said It! Amazon HQ2 Has Locals Afraid Of Being “Priced Out” |
4/04/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Should Be “Cleaning Up The Dumps On Its Property” |
4/04/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Trump Administration Official Says Amazon Scheming To Profit Off Of Counterfeits |
4/02/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Marketplace Is A “Chaotic Bazaar” That Demands Greater Oversight |
3/29/2019 | AMAZON’S AUSTIN ANNOUNCEMENT SHOWS HOW THE COMPANY DUPED VIRGINIA TO HANDOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS |
3/29/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Private Label Products Shockingly Similar To Established Brands |
3/28/2019 | They Said It! Amazon’s Worker Treatment Could Soon Reach Breaking Point |
3/27/2019 | They Said It! “The Scariest Thing About Amazon Is Not Their Prices” |
3/27/2019 | AMAZON UP TO SAME OLD TRICKS IN WISCONSIN TO WIN TAXPAYER DOLLARS |
3/26/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Has No Business Building the Pentagon’s Cloud |
3/26/2019 | They Said It! Watchdog Organization Calls Out Amazon For Shady Dealing On Defense Department Contract |
3/22/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Regulators Narrowing Their Focus On Anticompetitive Practice of Amazon Among Tech Giants |
3/21/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Executive Says Grocery Is The “Final Frontier” In Efforts To Stamp Out Competition |
3/20/2019 | They Said It! Scrutiny Against Amazon’s “Bullying Behavior” On The Horizon |
3/20/2019 | AMAZON PARTNERED WITH FACEBOOK TO EXPLOIT CONSUMER’S DATA IN POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY |
3/13/2019 | AMAZON’S ANTICOMPETITIVE PRICE POLICY IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG |
3/12/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon To End Price Practice Critics Said Could Violate Antitrust Law |
3/7/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Taxpayer-Funded Amazon Lays Off “Hundreds” Of Workers |
3/7/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon's Grocery Expansion Raises Antitrust Risks For Bezos |
3/6/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Web Services Could Spark Interest With An “Anti-Trust Filing” |
3/5/2019 | They Said It! Amazon’s Tax Avoidance Scheme Shows Its Business Model “Is Based On Gaming The System” |
3/5/2019 | In Case You Missed It! HQ2 Opponents Were Anti-Amazon, Not Anti-Business |
3/4/2019 | They Said It! Virginia Lawmaker Says Local Communities “Are Not Going To Get Any Benefit From This Amazon Deal.” |
3/1/2019 | AMAZON’S NEW GROCERY PUSH IS AN ANTI-COMPETITIVE NIGHTMARE |
3/1/2019 | They Said It! Regulators Have “Real Opportunity” To Target Amazon |
2/28/2019 | In Case You Missed It! FTC’s New Task Force Could Be Trouble for Big Tech |
2/27/2019 | AMAZON RING SPYING COULD GET EVEN WORSE |
2/27/2019 | What They’re Saying! FTC Ramping Up Anti-Competitive Scrutiny & Fake Reviews On Amazon |
2/26/2019 | FTC TAKES IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN CURBING FAKE AMAZON REVIEWS |
2/26/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Deserves Greater Scrutiny For “Gaming The System” With Tax Avoidance Scheme |
2/25/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Paid Zero Corporate Taxes Last Year. Why Aren’t 2020 Democrats Talking About It? |
2/21/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Creating “Pain Points” For Small Businesses and Brands Through Private Label Sales |
2/20/2019 | AMAZON’S TAXPAYER HANDOUT SCHEME IS FALLING APART, AND THAT’S GOOD FOR COMPETITION |
2/20/2019 | They Said It! Amazon “Is Chewing Up The Small-Business World” |
2/20/19 | What They’re Saying! Amazon Backs Out Of New York HQ2 After Intense Scrutiny Reveals $3 Billion In Taxpayer Handouts Was A “Wasteful Zero-Sum Exercise” |
2/15/19 | The Real Story of Amazon’s Exit From NYC |
2/15/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Paid No Federal Income Taxes In 2018 |
2/14/2019 | AMAZON TRIED TO BULLY NEW YORK TAXPAYERS INTO SUBMISSION ON HQ2. THEY FAILED. |
2/13/2019 | AMAZON’S FEDERAL TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEME MUST END |
2/11/2019 | NEW SURVEY FINDS CONSUMERS ARE ALARMED BY AMAZON-OWNED RING VIDEO SPYING REPORTS |
2/8/2019 | AMAZON’S POSSIBLE NEW YORK EXIT IS A VEILED THREAT |
2/7/2019 | #TBT WHEN FFMI WARNED MAYORS AND GOVERNORS THAT WISCONSIN’S FOXCONN SHOULD BE AN HQ2 CAUTIONARY TALE |
2/7/2019 | They Said It! Amazon “Is An Elegant Example” Of How The Current Anti-Trust Frame Doesn’t Work |
2/6/2019 | They Said It! Virginia Local Leaders “Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Push Back” Against Amazon In Defense Of Their Communities |
2/6/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon's Entry Into The Logistics Business Will “Put Pressure” On Its Suppliers |
2/6/2019 | They Said It! Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Says Amazon Unnecessarily Took Taxpayer Dollars In Proposed HQ2 Deal |
2/5/2019 | They Said It! Scrutiny On Amazon Amid “Building Anger” Could Be Focus At State Of The Union Speech |
2/5/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Seattle Residents Warn Virginia Communities How Amazon HQ2 Could Spike Rents And Worsen Traffic Woes |
2/4/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Needs HQ2 Incentives And Other Taxpayer Handouts To Help Improve Their Profit Margins |
1/31/2019 | AMAZON’S GROWTH STORY IS NOT FOREVER |
1/31/2019 | What They’re Saying! New York City Council Members Grill Amazon Executives On How Local Communities Will Be Impacted By HQ2 |
1/31/2019 | In Case You Missed It! JEDI Contract Could Give Amazon “A Monopoly Over This Area For Years To Come” |
1/30/2019 | AMAZON’S DISASTROUS PERFORMANCE AT CITY COUNCIL CALLS INTO QUESTION FUTURE OF HQ2 DEAL |
1/30/2019 | AMAZON IS FACING A MASSIVE TRUST DEFICIT GOING INTO SECOND NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON HQ2 |
1/29/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Lawsuit Reveals Amazon Exploiting Consumer Data From Its Platform To Stifle Competition On Google |
1/29/2019 | They Said It! Virginia Lawmakers And Advocates Blast Amazon HQ2 Package Fast-Tracked Through Legislature |
1/28/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Acting As An 'Extortion Machine' |
1/28/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Deal Puts Funding For World’s Richest Company Ahead Of Virginia Students |
1/25/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon’s Lawyers Vetoed A Quote From Bill De Blasio That Made NYC Look Like An HQ2 Favorite |
1/24/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Turning A Blind Eye To Counterfeits At The Expense Of Honest Sellers |
1/23/2019 | Amazon Lobbying Records Show The Company Is Increasing Influence-Peddling As It Pursues JEDI Contract |
1/23/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Roll Call: Congress must turn the corner on big tech this year |
1/23/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Progressives target Amazon |
1/22/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Roll Call: Congress must turn the corner on big tech this year |
1/18/2019 | They Said It! Amazon Teen Just Another “Shameless Data Grab”
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1/18/2019 | Unlike Amazon, Some Companies Recognize The Importance of Helping Local Communities Build Affordable Housing
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1/16/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon’s Arrival In Northern Virginia Stokes Fears Among Small Business Owners |
1/15/2019 | They Said It! FDNY Chief Sounds Alarm Over Amazon HQ2 Development In New York |
1/15/2019 | In Case You Missed It The Loyal Opposition to Amazon’s Long Island City Deal |
1/14/2019 | They Said It! New York Senator Blasts “Awful” Amazon HQ2 Deal As “A Scandal” |
1/14/2019 | In Case You Missed It! South Florida businesses in danger after Amazon HQ2 contest |
1/11/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon Facing “Problems At The Grassroots” |
1/11/2019 | In Case You Missed It! For Owners Of Amazon’s Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too |
1/10/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon’s house-brand products become a target for regulators |
1/10/2019 | They Said It! NYC Council Member: “No Guarantee” New Yorkers Will Get HQ2 Jobs |
1/9/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Who Gets Hurt When Cities Kowtow To Amazon |
1/8/2019 | They Said It! Amazon “Getting A Free Ride” In New York According To Seattle City Council Members |
1/7/2019 | They Said It! City Council Speaker Says Amazon HQ2 Deal In New York Far From “A Done Deal” |
1/4/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Thanks to HQ2, Amazon now has a database of private information about U.S. cities |
1/3/2019 | In Case You Missed It! 'We are not robots': Amazon warehouse employees push to unionize |
1/2/2019 | In Case You Missed It! Before Amazon breaks ground, Virginia needs transparency around HQ2 |
12/20/18 | In Case You Missed It! In Amazon Deal, Look Past Incentives and Focus on the Data Dallas Gave Away |
12/20/18 | Amazon Holding Its Hand Out For Billions Of Taxpayer Dollars While Other Companies Expand In New York Without Corporate Handouts |
12/19/18 | They Said It! NYC Council Member: Amazon HQ2 “Race To The Bottom” Was About Data To Use In “Future Siting Decisions” |
12/19/18 | AMAZON IS A “CO-CONSPIRATOR” IN FACEBOOK’S DATA PRIVACY SCANDAL |
12/19/18 | They Said It! NYC Council Speaker: Why Does A $1 Trillion Company Need $3 Billion In Taxpayer Dollars? |
12/19/18 | In Case You Missed It! “It felt like slavery" |
12/18/18 | New York Times Reporter: Amazon Used HQ2 Process To Secure Private Proprietary Data From Cities |
12/18/18 | Amazon’s “Sweet Deal” Allows The Company To Avoid Paying Their Flex Drivers Minimum Wage And Deny Them Benefits |
12/17/18 | New York Post Editorial Board: Amazon’s Approach In New York Confirming “Worst Fears” |
12/14/18 | They Said It! Storing America’s Most Sensitive Secrets on AWS Could Be “Breached” and “Our Enemies Could Use Our Information Against Us” |
12/13/18 | New York State Senator Michael Gianaris: Amazon’s HQ2 Process Was One Of The Great PR Scams” |
12/13/18 | New York City Council Members Grilled Amazon Executives Over HQ2 Deal |
12/12/18 | Amazon “Stonewalled” City Council On HQ2 |
12/12/18 | Amazon’s Sweet-Talking And Slow-Walking On HQ2 Won’t Fool New Yorkers At City Council Hearing |
12/10/18 | They Said It! Analysis Of HQ2 In Long Island City Misses “Substantial Costs Of Accommodating Amazon’s Growth” |
12/7/18 | They Said It! Amazon Could Be The Next Big Tech Firm To “Find Itself In The Eye Of A Data Privacy Storm” |
12/4/18 | They Said It! Amazon “Bullying” Sellers With “Bloody Nose Tactics" |
12/3/18 | In Case You Missed It! Amazon “Coming Under Fire” For Its Deceptive Advertising Practices |
11/30/18 | They Said It! Amazon’s HQ2 Sham Was Always About The Data |
11/29/18 | They Said It! Real Estate Expert: Amazon is Responsible for Increased Housing Costs for Blue Collar Workers in Seattle |
11/28/18 | WATCH: New Yorkers React To HQ2 |
11/28/18 | In Case You Missed It! The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board: Amazon HQ2 Is
“Corporate Welfare” |
11/27/18 | What They’re Saying About Amazon’s HQ2 Decision In Pennsylvania |
11/27/18 | What Elected Officials In New York Are Saying About Amazon’s HQ2 Decision |
11/26/18 | They Said It! Amazon Could Have a “Devastating” Impact On New York Communities |
11/21/18 | FFMI Statement On Amazon Data Breach |
11/21/18 | While Amazon Reaps Billions Fro Amazon’s Holiday Toy Catalog Whitewashes Hazardous and Fake Products |
11/16/18 | While Amazon Reaps Billions From Taxpayers For HQ2, Many Of The Largest Companies In New York and Virginia Paid Double The Effective Federal Tax Rate Of Amazon |
11/15/18 | #TBT When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Was Against Giving Amazon Billions in Corporate Handouts for Amazon’s HQ2 |
11/14/18 | Amazon Could Get Billions More From Taxpayers After Government Accountability Office Decision |
11/14/18 | What They’re Saying About Amazon’s Long Island City HQ2 Announcement |
11/13/18 | Amazon’s Secretive HQ2 Deal Was An Affront To Taxpayers |
11/12/18 | Amazon’s Treatment Of Workers Casts Shadow On Veteran’s Day |
11/8/18 | They Said It! Local Lawmakers And Taxpayers Paying The Price For Amazon’s Bait and Switch
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11/5/18 | Amazon’s HQ2 Bait And Switch Should Have Local Communities And Taxpayers Outraged |
11/1/18 | Amazon Should Be Focus at FTC Antitrust Hearing |
10/26/18 | They Said It! More Proof That Amazon’s Minimum Wage Increase Was A Sham |
10/25/18 | Amazon Earnings Report Is More Evidence That So-Called Minimum Wage Hike Was A Complete Sham |
10/23/18 | New Amazon Fake 15 Campaign Launched By Free & Fair Markets Initiative |
10/9/18 | Free & Fair Markets Initiative Releases New Report Detailing Alarming Lawsuits Filed By Women Who Worked At Amazon |
10/3/18 | Free & Fair Markets Initiative Responds To Amazon Minimum Wage Announcement |
9/27/18 | Amazon Leaves Critical Questions Unanswered When It Comes To Protecting Sensitive Data |
9/13/18 | Free & Fair Markets Initiative responds to Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Fund |
9/13/18 | FFMI calls on Amazon to stop price gouging consumers as they prepare for Hurricane Florence, troubling news reports show dramatic increase in prices for water |
9/11/18 | They Said It! Amazon’s HQ2 will cause “An exodus of working people from the city |
9/7/18 | Amazon’s HQ2 search started one year ago, and it continues to get less transparent and more alarming by the day |
9/4/18 | As Congress begins to scrutinize Big Tech’s harmful practices, lawmakers must focus on Amazon’s Big Brother business model |
8/30/18 | As Americans prepare to celebrate Labor Day, let’s not forget that one of America’s richest companies pays its workers $28,000 per year |
8/27/18 | Amazon is now using its power and influence to secure special deals from public utility commissions and state legislatures to avoid paying its electricity bills |
8/22/18 | In Case You Missed It! Austin City Councilwoman Leslie Pool: “The lack of transparency of the HQ2 initiative is unfortunate” |
8/22/18 | Harvard Business Review: Landing Amazon HQ2 Isn’t the Right Way for a City to Create Jobs. Here’s What Works Instead |
8/20/18 | Mayor Rahm Emanuel: “Whose Your Daddy” When It Comes To Transparency On What Chicago Is Promising Amazon For HQ2 |
8/16/18 | One Company & One City-Appointed Development Board Control Whether Millions of Indianapolis Taxpayer Dollars Go To Amazon For HQ2 |
8/14/18 | As if $1.5 billion in state and local corporate welfare wasn’t enough, Amazon wants $10 billion more from American taxpayers to host the Defense Department’s most sensitive data |
8/13/18 | Montgomery County Chairman Ike Leggett Used To Be For Government Transparency — Until He Wasn’t |
8/10/18 | While New Jersey’s elected officials offer Amazon billions in corporate welfare, the state’s fiscal outlook remains dire |
8/7/18 | FFMI calls on Amazon to denounce Alex Jones and remove InfoWars fake news and products from website |
7/31/18 | Free and Fair Markets Initiative responds to comments from Amazon executive |
7/26/18 | Free & Fair Markets Initiative responds to latest Amazon earnings report |
7/16/18 | Free & Fair Markets Initiative launches to scrutinize harmful business practices of big tech, releases new report on Amazon state and local lobbying |