On August 19, 2001, newsflash first mentioned the “Battle of New Orleans” to stop a 200,000 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter from locating on 17 acres in
Wal-Mart never seems to be prepared for defeat. Yet another community in a long string of communities has wasted Wal-Mart’s plans to build a 24
A fed judge gave AMZN an injunction stopping another company from using its own AI browser agent in protected sections of the AMZN website to shop on behalf of customers. “Who controls access when an AI agent shows up at a retailer’s digital front door?” https://t.co/ufxmF0Zvsk
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Read MoreAMZN tries to shoot down Elon Musk’s proposal before the FCC to use SpaceX to build a million satellite network of orbiting data centers, claiming the project would take "centuries" to deploy. https://t.co/97s12VGpUw https://t.co/IkW2dWt3XO
Read MoreThe strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.
