The City Council in Heber City, Utah has voted unanimously to set size limitations on stores that will keep retailers from building huge outlets in
Residents in Papillion, Nebraska have forced Wal-Mart to put its superstore plans on hold. Here is a report submitted this week to Sprawl-Busters: “There is
Loblaws grocery chain in Canada will spend $2.4 B in 2026, to open 70 new stores set to open as part of the push—plus build a 1.2 million-sf distribution centre in Ontario. WMT is their major food competitor. https://t.co/sACXx3a8wL https://t.co/BC7VPbBKFh
Read MoreAMZN ALL IN FOR AI: $50 B multi-year investment/partnership with OpenAI. AWS will be the exclusive 3rd party cloud provider for OpenAI's enterprise platform. Follows huge worker layoffs. https://t.co/F1JYOqHLJR https://t.co/9u02vXq1dA
Read MoreWMT “is increasingly following Amazon’s lead.” The retailer had its “15th straight quarter of double-digit e-commerce growth,” after it was slow to create an online marketplace imitating AMZN. WMT owes a big debt to Jeff Bezos for lighting the way. https://t.co/deOCCLFZ3U https://t.co/yXL37byf0a
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.
