More Wal-Mart Predatory Pricing
September 27, 2000
Having been slapped around pretty hard by the Germans for predatory pricing (see 9/12/00 below), now Wal-Mart has run smack into the same charge in
September 2000
Wal-Mart Gone: “Just Doesn’t Fit”
September 21, 2000
On September 16 (see below) the city of Kennedale, Texas acted to keep Wal-Mart’s rear end out of its borders. Three days later, on September
Developer Loses Wal-Mart Appeal
September 19, 2000
It was all hugs and congratulations yesterday, as anti-Wal-Mart activist watch a Maryland judge reject a developer’s appeal against a county commissioner’s decision that prevented
A Pathetic Wal-Mart employee story
September 19, 2000
Couple Charged for Tying Up Girls. That’s the headline on an Associated Press story out of Des Moines, Iowa. According to the AP, a couple
Developer Goes to the Ballot
September 17, 2000
Voters in Eaton, Ohio have more to worry about than Al Gore and George W. Bush. On November 7th, city voters will also be confronted
Wal-Mart On Nov 7th Ballot
September 17, 2000
An update on the on-going effort by residents of Topsham, Maine to stop a mall with a 205,000 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter (see 8/26/00 and 8/31/00
Wal-Mart’s Speculative Economics
September 17, 2000
For the third time in the past six months, the Mason City, Iowa Planning & Zoning Commission has voted against the so-called Indianhead Farms project,
Wal-Mart Parking Lot Zoned Out
September 16, 2000
In the good old days, when Sam Walton ran Wal-Mart, he liked to say that so many towns wanted a Wal-Mart, that “if some community,
Court Rules on Box Limits
September 14, 2000
Does a local community have the right to limit the presence of big box superstores? A judge in Pennsylvania — a state not known for
Wal-Mart’s Predatory Pricing
September 12, 2000
German officials have instructed Wal-Mart and two other indigenous retailers to stop holding down prices below wholesale. This no doubt sounds counter-intuitive to most Americanas,
Wal-Mart Slam-Dunked.
September 8, 2000
“I really don’t understand what the problem is,” developer Richard Solove told The Columbus Dispatch, on learning that his proposed 212,000 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter had
Wal-Mart “Surprised” By Rejection
September 8, 2000
Wal-Mart recently found itself up Beavercreek without a paddle. Last month, the Beavercreek, Ohio City Council voted 6-1 to reject Wal-Mart’s attempt to turn its
Regional Labor Group Says Wal-Mart Superstore Is An ‘Insult’
September 7, 2000
A regional group representing organized labor says a proposed Wal-Mart superstore in the Berkshire County city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts is “an insult to the community.”
Wal-Mart: Too Many Stores
September 6, 2000
According to an August 31st story from Reuters, people on Wall Street are asking: What’s wrong with retailing these days? “Too many stores,” the article
Wal-Mart Splits Unity.
September 1, 2000
“It’s a shame that a small community succumbs to a large corporation,” Rick O’Donnell told the Tribune-Review newspaper. “I have a nice house in Edgewater