The As You Sow Foundation has sent Sprawl-Busters the following account of the group’s activity at the recent Wal-Mart Annual Meeting in Arkansas: “A shareholder
To give you a sense of Wal-Mart’s unprecedented size, consider the following information, based on Fortune magazine’s 500 Biggest Corporations. Wal-Mart had revenues of $287.9
Sometimes we “outgrow” our stores, says Wal-Mart Realty. That’s the retail understatement of the year. It turns out that Wal-Mart changes stores as casually as
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.