Picking the Bones of Montgomery Ward
February 28, 2001
Like savengers cleaning the bones of their kill, several discount chains are lining up to take over the stores of the recently deceased Montgomery Ward
February 2001
The End of Home Depot.
February 28, 2001
“It effectively puts an end to this project on this site,” said a Home Depot spokesman. He was referring to the unanimous decision of the
Website address
February 24, 2001
The story about Valdosta, GA below inadvertantly left out the website you can visit to find out more about citizen opposition to the filling of
State Supreme Court Upholds Limits On Size and Location of Superstores
February 24, 2001
A decision by the California Supreme Court two days ago in a 4 year old case has reinforced the right of cities and towns to
Illegal Aliens Build Wal-Mart
February 23, 2001
Wal-Mart “associates” are known as “Walmartians”, but it was a different kind of alien that the INS found at the construction site for a Wal-Mart
Home Depots Saws Off Growth Plans
February 22, 2001
In the midst of gloomy financial news, along with the “retirement” of co-founder Arthur Blank, Home Depot announced this week that it was down-sizing its
Big Boxes Attract Big Rigs
February 19, 2001
Neighbors of the Home Depot in South Fort Worth, Texas feel like they are losing the Battle of the 18 Wheelers. According to the Fort
War Against Home Depot
February 17, 2001
Home Depot wants to build a store on just under 10 acres of industrially zoned land in Plainview, Long Island. An “informational forum” held this
Home Depot Barraged By Opponents
February 17, 2001
Home Depot didn’t even get a chance to formally file their site plans before they ran into a “barrage of complaints” from residents in Naples,
Lowering Lowe’s Credit Rating
February 15, 2001
The Chairman of Lowe’s has characterized the home improvement industry as a “two horse race” between his company and Home Depot. Lowe’s has indicated that
Not a good, clean, solid plan.
February 12, 2001
Sprawl-Busters in Fort Atkinson, WI sent me the following report of their town’s struggles with a Wal-Mart: “After a newspaper article alerted our community to
Home Depot’s Human Shield.
February 12, 2001
If consumers aren’t building enough houses, maybe its time for Home Depot to start building them. Citizens in Mountain View, California must have been amazed
Wal-Mart Voted Out.
February 8, 2001
The City Council in Overland Park, Kansas on Monday night, February 5th., became the 145th. community on my sprawl-busters list to reject a superstore. The
Wal-Mart Sues After Rejection
February 4, 2001
What part of “NO” don’t they understand? Sam Walton said Wal-Mart does not want to go where it is not wanted, but apparently a 5-2
IKEA Stuffed Back in Their Box
February 3, 2001
Residents of New Rochelle, New York disassembled a large furniture-in-a-box retailer this week, and built instead a major victory against suburban retail sprawl when they
More Crime At Big Boxes
February 3, 2001
Less than a month ago, on January 7th, 60 Minutes aired a piece on crime at Wal-Mart, and the company’s inability to “find” a crime