A Bad Penney Keeps Turning Down
January 27, 2001
Like a bad Penney that keeps turning down, a retailer reportedly the 5th. largest in the country has continued its trend of shutting down more
January 2001
Towns Passes Size Cap, Depot Morphs
January 27, 2001
Here’s an update from the town of Easton, Maryland, from a sprawl-busters on the scene: “Home Depot attempted getting approval for a store in the
Home Depot Slowed Down
January 25, 2001
The headline in the Denver Post on January 24th. read:”Jeffco rejects Home Depot”. The County commissioners in Jefferson County Tuesday voted down a request by
Home Depot’s “Chaos in the Aisles”
January 21, 2001
Today’s Boston Globe carried a major news story about Sprawl-Busters legislation that would require stores like Home Depot and Wal-Mart to report incidents of injuries
Wal-Mart Second Kentucky Home
January 14, 2001
Another Kentucky town has dumped Wal-Mart! A couple of months ago Fort Worth rejected Wal-Mart, and now Henderson, Kentucky is added to the rejection list
Wal-Mart’s “Rare” Withdrawal
January 8, 2001
We reported over the past week-end that Wal-Mart has been stuck for two years in Plymouth, New Hampshire, wrangling with landowners, and today another story
2 Years After OK, Still No Wal-Mart
January 5, 2001
Good things come to those who wait. But patience is wearing thin in some quarters of Plymouth, New Hampshire, the town where Wal-Mart just can’t
Sears/Other Retail Casualties
January 5, 2001
The holiday season keeps rolling right over retailers, as Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Sears announced this week that it was shutting down 89 stores (53 auto