Wal-Mart Drops Superstore Plan
April 28, 2000
The headline in today’s Bangor Daily News made a lot of Rockland, Maine residents very happy: WAL-MART DROPS PLANS FOR SUPERCENTER. According to the newspaper,
April 2000
Adidas & Nike Sue Wal-Mart
April 27, 2000
It seems like every few months the federal courts are approached by manufacturers suing Wal-Mart for selling counterfeit goods. In the past, its been Tommy
K Mart “Leap Frogging” Rejected
April 22, 2000
Here’s an update to our April 15th. newsflash story about Kmart’s efforts to overcome community opposition in south St. Louis, Missouri. On April 18th, the
Wal-Mart Rejected, Wants Referendum
April 22, 2000
What part of NO don’t they understand? A developer from Liverpool, NY apparently feels entitled to a zoning change from the Maine community of Wells.
Wal-Mart Salaries
April 22, 2000
Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in America. All those hundreds of thousands of clerks and baggers can take heart in new information the company
Dixie Loses Winn-Dixie
April 21, 2000
There’s trouble in Dixieland, and southern states are the big losers in the latest grocery store casualty of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. This week Jacksonville, Florida-based
Home Depot’s One Size Fits All
April 18, 2000
Home Depot was cut down to size this past week by the Miami-Dade County Commissioners. In a unanimous vote, the Commissioners voted to allow a
Kmart Faces Urban Fight In Southtown
April 15, 2000
No less than 20 community, business and church groups have united to say No Way to Big K in south St. Louis. One of the
Kmart Losing its Edge in Boston
April 15, 2000
Just as activists in urban St.Louis are fighting Kmart (see previous story), the giant retailer has run into similar grassroots resistance in the Jamaica Plain
Wal-Mart Kills a Dairy Farm
April 14, 2000
Richard Blowers owns a farm on Old Trail Road in Montgomery County, New York. In September of 1999, contractors hired by Wal-Mart were using earth
Wal-Mart Gives Up on Court Case
April 14, 2000
An 80 year old woman has outlasted Wal-Mart in the Maine court system, but she needed a jury, a judge and the Supreme Court to
Take the bus to Wal-Mart?
April 13, 2000
Federal and state taxpayers are going to help shoppers in Waukesha, Wisconsin find their way to Wal-Mart. This generous offer of corporate welfare to Wal-Mart
15 Year Battle Against Sprawl
April 13, 2000
The residents of Keene, New Hampshire have never been too keen on the idea of a superstore on prime agricultural land. For more than a
Two Strikes Against Home Depot
April 12, 2000
Home Depot deals with lumber, but they can’t seem to get their bat on the ball in Wheaton, Illinois (see 3/10/00 newsflash below). Just about
Wal-Mart’s Trooper in a Trailer
April 4, 2000
In an arresting case of public-private cooperation, police officers in Mesa, Arizona (where citizens just happen to be fighting a proposed Wal-Mart superstore), can now
Use “All Means” to Keep out Wal-Mart
April 2, 2000
When we last checked in on Clemson, South Carolina (see 1/27/00 Newsflash below) the land-owner promoting a 204,000 Wal-Mart supercenter was boasting that the store
Home Depot Blasting Halted
April 1, 2000
It’s been one darn thing after another in Home Depot’s mission to build a store in Merrimack, NH. In March of 1999, the Merrimack Planning