City Council Unanimously Opposes Wal-Mart Supercenter.
September 29, 2004
The City Council in Saline, Michigan voted unanimously last week to oppose a Wal-Mart supercenter. There’s just one small problem, a matter of geography. The
September 2004
Residents Organize to Fight Wal-Mart in Overton Park Project.
September 28, 2004
The Overton Park residential/commercial redevelopment project in Lubbock, Texas has been described as “the nation’s largest privately-funded revitalization project”, and residents in Lubbock were distressed
Local Property Owners Continue Court Battle to Stop Wal-Mart
September 28, 2004
It’s getting harder and harder to build those Wal-Mart supercenters. Consider the case of Urbana, Illinois. We first wrote about Urbana in January, 2004, when
Residents Want Size Limits on Big Box Stores.
September 28, 2004
A group in Toronto, Canada, called the Davenport-Shaw Resident’s Association (DSRA) has written to all the Mayoral candidates in the city, outlining a 10 point
Wal-Mart Bumps Into More Opposition to Annexation
September 27, 2004
Almost everywhere Wal-Mart wants to go these days, the good corporate citizens run into people who don’t want a thing to do with them. Here’s
Wal-Mart Readies to Destroy 200 Year Old Farm
September 25, 2004
The “old barns and pastoral fields” of Lacey, New Jersey, are on the endangered list, as another Wal-Mart superstore bears down on a 200 year
Wal-Mart Defending Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
September 24, 2004
The timing couldn’t have been worse for Wal-Mart. The country’s dominant retailer was drawing negative headlines across the country once again for racial discrimination in
Wal-Mart Buys Newspaper Ads to Repair Damaged Image
September 23, 2004
Instead of advertising its everyday low prices, and instead of giving its workers a raise, the Wal-Mart corporation has chosen instead to spend hundreds of
Governor Bush Rejects Wal-Mart Plans
September 22, 2004
Wal-Mart has run out of running room in Jacksonville, Florida. Residents on the southside of the city have handed Wal-Mart another defeat — but this
Home Depot Uses Federal Subsidies to Recruit Workers.
September 21, 2004
Home Depot over the past several years has hired the elderly and veterans to feed its expanding empire, as it displaces smaller competitors, while getting
Home Depot Uses Federal Subsidies to Locate Workers.
September 21, 2004
Home Depot over the past several years has hired the elderly and veterans to feed its expanding empire, as it displaces smaller competitors, while getting
Wal-Mart’s “Gift” To Neighbors: Raw Sewage.
September 20, 2004
This story stinks, literally. Giant retail stores make lousy neighbors. Local officials can talk all they want about buffers, and berms and setbacks, but the
Wal-Mart Runs Into More Illegal Worker Troubles.
September 19, 2004
Construction at a Wal-Mart supercenter in Sweetwater, Texas suddenly came to a halt this past week when it was discovered that one of Wal-Mart’s contractors
Residents Pleased That Wal-Mart’s Not Coming
September 19, 2004
After a year’s worth of rumors that Wal-Mart was coming, a sigh of relief greeted the news this week that the city of Crystal River,
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Economic Impact Bill
September 19, 2004
As expected, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 18th terminated a bill that would have made big box retailers pay for economic impact studies of
Wal-Mart Opponents Issue Statement On Victory.
September 18, 2004
Thrilled residents of Denver, Colorado who helped push a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market out of their Elitch Gardens community, say they are now excited about the
Jury Awards Family $570,000 In Death of 3 Year Old At Home Depot
September 18, 2004
The Associated Press reported this week that a death at Home Depot in 2000 has resulted in a second company having to pay the family
‘All Wal-Mart Stores Are Going To Be Smaller’
September 18, 2004
A planner from a small town in Michigan says that Wal-Mart is “reining in” the size of its superstores, and turning to smaller, more cost-efficient
Wal-Mart Defends Its Construction Near Ancient Pyramids
September 18, 2004
Angry protestors who have written to Wal-Mart in opposition to their construction of a superstore near the ancient pyramids at Teotihuacan, Mexico, 18 miles from
Residents Upset by Wal-Mart Plans.
September 18, 2004
Residents in Hermantown, Minnesota have an armload of concerns about a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter, and have formed a new group to protect their interests. The
Y. Poor People Are Letting Wal-Mart Down.
September 18, 2004
According to an article posted on TheStreet.com, poor people are dampening our country’s economic recovery because they’re not spending as much as needed to keep
Residents Organizing to Keep Wal-Mart Out of Area
September 16, 2004
Residents in Three Rivers, Michigan are on high alert, now that a Wal-Mart superstore proposal has surfaced in their midst. Here’s a report from the
Wal-Mart Loses The Beer Pricing Comparison
September 16, 2004
Some residents of Great Britain have conducted an informal pricing survey involving Wal-Mart and its competitors that they say surprised them. Here’s their account of
Neighbors Not Happy With Home Depot.
September 15, 2004
It’s one thing to shop at Home Depot. It’s quite another to be their neighbor. Residents in Massena, New York, are learning that having Home
Wal-Mart Pulls Out of Elitch Gardens Plan
September 15, 2004
Residents on the north side of Denver, Colorado were thrilled to hear the news this week that Wal-Mart is shutting down plans to build a
Another Wal-Mart Proposal Draws Fire
September 15, 2004
Submit a Wal-Mart plan to local officials, and then stand back. That seems to be the reality facing the giant retailer these days. Dozens of
Both Sides Unhappy With Preliminary Wal-Mart Approval
September 11, 2004
It took six hours, but at 1 pm, under cover of darkness, the Planning Commmission in American Canyon, California narrowly voted (3-2) to approve a
Residents Considering Legal Challenge to Wal-Mart Supercenter
September 11, 2004
The Rosemead, California City Council ended nearly 10 months of controversy this week by voting to approve a Wal-Mart supercenter in this city of 53,000
Both Sides Unhappy With Preliminary Wal-Mart Approval
September 11, 2004
It took six hours, but at 1 pm, under cover of darkness, the Planning Commmission in American Canyon, California narrowly voted (3-2) to approve a
Wal-Mart To Try A Second Time To Get Approval.
September 11, 2004
If at first you don’t succeed — try the other side of town. Residents in Middletown, Deleware beat off a Wal-Mart store two years ago
Wal-Mart Compared To Rat In Hole
September 11, 2004
The best citizen’s quote of the month in a Wal-Mart protest comes from Deptford, New Jersey, where dozens of protesters braved rainy weather to picket
Unionized Wal-Mart Upheld By Labor Board
September 11, 2004
The Globe & Mail reports this week from Montreal that the Labor Board in Quebec has rejected Wal-Mart’s challenge to the unionization of its workers
Wal-Mart May Seek To Settle Illegal Cleaning Workers Case
September 11, 2004
It was reported this week that Wal-Mart is trying to put behind it one of its more embarassing legal problems — the use of illegal
Court Hears Citizen Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart
September 11, 2004
We have been following the case of Florence, South Carolina since February of 2003. In the lastest turn of events, a lawyer representing citizens has
Wal-Mart Admits Message “Failure” in Media
September 9, 2004
According to today’s New York Times, Wal-Mart has admitted to a “management failure” by neglecting to get its side of the company’s story out to
Citizen’s Likely to Challenge Wal-Mart OK In Court.
September 9, 2004
The City Council in Desoto, Texas apparently had its mind made up, and didn’t want to be confused by the facts. The Council this week
Citizens Take Wal-Mart & Town To Court
September 7, 2004
The course of development never did run smooth — at least, for Wal-Mart that’s increasingly the case. What used to be a cut-and-dried three month
Residents Challenge Wal-Mart Plans in Court
September 7, 2004
Yet another Wal-Mart project is heading to court, not to a ribbon-cutting. Citizens in Westbrook, Maine, have taken the world’s largest retailer to court, fighting
City Enacts Six Month Moratorium On Big Boxes
September 7, 2004
All it took was the shadow of a 150,000 s.f. Wal-Mart to kick the small town of Gunnison, Colorado into high gear. The Denver Post
Wal-Mart Vs. The Place Where Men Become Gods.
September 6, 2004
Residents in the Mexican community of Teotihuacan, outside of Mexico City, are desperately trying to keep Wal-Mart from affecting an important cultural icon in their
Wal-Mart Superstore Gets Cold Response in Village.
September 3, 2004
Mokena, IL. Fresh from defeat in Chicago, Wal-Mart has more problems in Illinois. Local residents in the village of Mokena, Illinois this week didn’t warm
Wal-Mart Sued by University Over Land Deal.
September 3, 2004
Add one more lawsuit to Wal-Mart’s impressive legal wardrobe. The Gloucester County Times in southern New Jersey reports today that Rowan University is suing developers
Major Newspaper Calls Wal-Mart A Predator
September 2, 2004
One of the major newspapers in North Carolina has editorialized against Wal-Mart as a hypocritical, predator company. In an August 27th editorial titled “Actions Speak
Lowe’s Goes After Welfare for Distribution Center
September 2, 2004
They all do it. All the retail giants try to sock local taxpayers for whatever tax incentives they can get. Why should Lowe’s be any
Wal-Mart Plan Goes After $42 Million In Corporate Welfare
September 2, 2004
Wal-Mart’s plans to build a superstore on 240 acres of land in Mesa Grande, Arizona was greeting this week with grand gestures of ridicule. The