Mexican Workers Win $30 M Lawsuit
March 30, 2004
A New York-based garment maker that sells clothing to companies like Wal-Mart, Sears and K-Mart paid out $30 million recently to the survivors of 14
March 2004
Higher Court Allows 2 Wal-Marts to Continue Construction.
March 28, 2004
Newsflash recently carried two stories about a Judge’s decision in Kern County,California that literally stopped construction on two Wal-Mart supercenters, because the city had failed
Residents Stop Comp Plan Change for Wal-Mart
March 27, 2004
More than 150 residents of Papillion, Nebraska turned out recently to protest a developer’s plans to change the city’s Comprehensive Plan and rezone 75 acres
Bad Union Track Record Stalls Wal-Mart on West Side Chicago
March 27, 2004
As Wal-Mart moves into urban locations, it has run into dense opposition to its stores. On the West side of Chicago, for example, Wal-Mart’s plans
Planning Staff Hand Wal-Mart Another Delay.
March 27, 2004
Wal-Mart’s plans to build a supercenter on Route 41 in Estero, Florida has suffered another delay. According to the Naples News, Lee County staff this
Citizens File Lawsuit to Stop Wal-Mart Superstore
March 27, 2004
Residents in Hemet, California have become the latest community in the state to raise a fuss over a Wal-Mart. Here is a report from the
Wal-Mart Buys 113 Brazilian Grocery Stores.
March 21, 2004
On March 1, 2004, Wal-Mart announced that it was expanding its holdings in Brazil by buying that country’s third-largest supermarket chain, Bompreco, for $300 million
BJ’s Wholesale Club Loses Bid to Build Gas Station
March 21, 2004
BJ’s Wholesale Club tried to wedge a gas station into the front of its store in Greenfield, Massachusetts, but when the local Zoning Board refused
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March 21, 2004
Sprawl-Busters receives communiques from about 2-3 new communities every day who are fighting big box sprawl. Here is a “snapshot” of recent stories submitted from
Residents Take on Walton Family To Stop Wal-Mart Saturation
March 21, 2004
Sam Walton boasted in his autobiography that he had saturated 40 stores within 100 square miles of Springfield, Missouri. That pattern continues today, as evidenced
It’s all over for Konover. Town Meeting Nixes Plan.
March 21, 2004
One of the nation’s largest mall developers, the Konover Development Corporation, based in Farmington, Connecticut, has been stopped yet again by the residents of Littleton,
Residents in Court Over Wal-Mart Supercenter
March 20, 2004
According to the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper, residents in Front Royal, Virigina will be front and center in court next fall, in their battle to
First Costco, now Wal-Mart Creates a “Dead City.”
March 20, 2004
Our correspondents in Cuernavaca, Mexico say the entire community is being overrun with big box retailers. The largest incursion came first with a bitterly fought
County Lawmakers Reject Wal-Mart “Gift” Of $1,000.
March 20, 2004
Officials in Georgia have decided to look a gift horse in the mouth — and they’d didn’t like what they saw. In a 33-4 vote,
Wal-Mart offering business health insurance in ten states
March 13, 2004
Would you buy health insurance from Wal-Mart? In the market for low, everyday health care? The Nashville Business Journal reports that the Wal-Mart owned membership
Residents Not Moved by Wal-Mart’s “Neighborhood Friendly” Store
March 13, 2004
Residents in Thornton, Colorado have collected more than 2,300 signatures against a proposed Wal-Mart superstore at the corner of the new interstate 25 exchange. According
Green Party on Campus Protests Wal-Mart At Demonstration
March 13, 2004
Students at the Mt.San Antonio College in Upland, California are giving the thumbs down to Wal-Mart. “How does Wal-Mart continually have ‘always low prices’ that
Residents Fight Wal-Mart Proposed Next to Residential Properties
March 13, 2004
Residents in Hemet, California have been wrestling with the world’s largest retailer. Here’s their report from the frontlines: “In July of 2003, we attended a
Court Orders Wal-Mart, Lowe’s to Stop Construction.
March 13, 2004
Anti-sprawl activists in Bakersfield, California scored big this week with a multiple slam-dunk over the issue of economic impact of big box stores. Two Wal-Marts,
Economic Impact Study Not Very Flattering to Wal-Mart.
March 11, 2004
A study released yesterday shows that a Wal-Mart supercenter proposed for Lodi, California will not lift many boats. According to the Stockton Record, the study
Wal-Mart Board Will Meet in China.
March 7, 2004
The website www.chinaview.cn reports that Wal-Mart, the “Made in America” company, will hold a board meeting in China. It’s about time Wal-Mart thank the Chinese
Mayor Can’t Figure Out Wal-Mart Rejection by 7-2 Vote.
March 7, 2004
According to the Courier-Post newspaper, the Mayor of Deptford, New Jersey is mystified why his Planning Board rejected a Wal-Mart located in a former shopping
Federal Tax Dollars Subsidizing Wal-Mart
March 7, 2004
The largest retailer in the world, with more than $8 billion in profits last year, still needs federal tax dollars to make a go of
Wal-Mart Big Loser As Voters Reject Store By Wide Margin
March 3, 2004
You won’t hear Wal-Mart talking about opponents as a “vocal minority” anymore — at least not in the city of San Marcos, California. A Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Spends A Million to Win Narrow Vote
March 3, 2004
Although Wal-Mart repeatedly has claimed that it has no plans to build a supercenter in Contra Costa County, California, the area’s Board of Supervisors weren’t
Wal-Mart Muddies the Waters with Annexation Bid.
March 2, 2004
Wal-Mart has stirred up the waters in an attempt to take land from one township, move it into another, and then rezone it. The Indiana
Anti-big box ordinances spread like California wildfire.
March 2, 2004
Even as Wal-Mart referendum votes are being taken in several California cities today, more new ordinances limiting these stores are being planned. Efforts to restrict