Wal-Mart Bombs the Island
July 30, 2001
While Puerto Rican politicians are focusing on the US Navy’s bombing of Viejes, they have ignored the economic saturation bombing that Wal-Mart is doing to
July 2001
Court Tags Home Depot on Price Tags
July 29, 2001
As recording artist Wilson Pickett used to sing: “99 and a half just won’t do.” An Associated Press story out of Quincy, Massachusetts this week,
Mayor Not Sure of Wal-Mart Impacts
July 26, 2001
According to the July 24th.issue of the Janesville, Wisconsin Gazette, public officials in Delavan, Wisconsin are worried about the impact a Wal-Mart Supercenter might have
Wal-Mart Hands Out 100 Pink Slips
July 26, 2001
What’s this? A tiny crack in the Wal? The Associated Press reported July 25th. that the Almighty Always had to lay off 100 of its
Wal-Mart Gets a Second Chance
July 25, 2001
What you can’t get by regulation, try to get by litigation. It didn’t take developer Stanley Kroenke too much time to get what he wanted
Home Depot Will be a Detriment
July 21, 2001
“Home Depot will be a detriment to the city.” That was the opinion of Dave Baker, owner of the Stow-Glen Retirement Community, which is located
Wal-Mart Sued on Free Speech Issues
July 20, 2001
On February 21, 2000, 25 people who were picketing a Wal-Mart store in Ukiah, California were placed under “citizen’s arrest” by store officials, and taken
Home Depot Plays off Two Towns
July 19, 2001
Button, button, who’s going to Sutton? Home Depot has been playing a game of eeney, meeney, miney, mo with the nearby towns of Shrewsbury and
Kmart Defeat is Unanimous
July 18, 2001
It took 4 hours, but the City Council in Chesapeake, Virginia last night unanimously rejected Kmart’s rezoning application to construct a SuperKmart on North Battlefield
Supervisors Give Wal-Mart A Long List of Conditions
July 17, 2001
A small town in Pennsylvania has given Wal-Mart a long list of ‘conditions’ to meet if they want to build a superstore. Many of the
Home Depot Opens, Others Close
July 15, 2001
It’s an “open and shut” case. Home Depot opens, other businesses shut. According to a recent story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a new, 134,000 s.f.
Violence at Home Depot.
July 15, 2001
The Associated Press headline today reads: “Ex-Home Depot Employee Kills Two”. A former Home Depot employee at a store in Morrow, Georgia, a suburban community
Home Improvement Stores DIYing
July 14, 2001
Like a rotting foundation, a long list of home improvement retailers are falling apart. In northeastern Ohio, the DIY Home Warehouse, which at one time
Developer Runs Into a Ruckus
July 14, 2001
Developers from Dallas are used to thinking big, but a Dallas-based developer has run into big problems in the small Ohio town of Kent. A
Retail Doesn’t Pay Its Way
July 14, 2001
Sprawl-Busters has become aware of a comprensive, 281 page regional retail study produced by the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Planning Commission and the Northeast Ohio Areawide
Residents Overwhelmingly Against Wal-Mart Plan.
July 14, 2001
A recent public hearing in Urbana, Illinois turned up more anti-Wal-Mart sentiment than the Mayor may have bargained for. Urbana Mayor Tod Satterthwaite sat rhrough
Home Depot Imports Shrieking Frogs
July 14, 2001
Add this to the list of complaints that neighbors have about Home Depot stores: mating frogs. According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin, peeping frogs have
Wal-Mart & Kmart Buying Burmese Sweat?
July 10, 2001
According to the National Labor Committee, Wal-Mart has sworn off sweatshop goods with Burmese (Myanmar) labels. Here’s the NLC Report: “Wal-Mart: Burma victory? After years
Quality Jobs At Retail Mart?
July 8, 2001
Companies like Wal-Mart boast that their jobs offer “quality compensation and benefits.” Wal-Mart says its jobs are “among the best in the retail industry, and
Citizens Don’t Want Wal-Mart To Cross Rubicon
July 7, 2001
A citizens group called The Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government (HCRG) has launched what one newspaper called “a massive attack” to block the building of