Wal-Mart is trying to convince a judge in Columbia, South Carolina not to force the company to release a list of its employees, so that
Wal-Mart is abandoning its interest in Mission, Kansas, because city officials have proposed development plans that the company cannot live with. So they will have
Area residents in the Brentwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. are celebrating today the short life of a Wal-Mart discount store proposal. The giant retailer announced
A Home Depot developer in Trumbull, Connecticut sued another developer who had approval to build a Lowe’s across the street. This week, the Lowe’s developer
Activists in LaHabra, California have been engaged in a multi-year battle to keep the retailer Costco out of their community, but are running out of
Residents in Lodi, California worry that a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter will bring more crime to their community, and according to an analysis by the Lodi
In a comment made on the Lehrer NewsHour this week, a Wal-Mart spokesman has estimated that 10% of Wal-Mart’s planned stores get blocked by citizen
The 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.