The low price of big box stores keeps rising. This week, Cabela’s, which bills itself as the world’s largest outdoor outfitter, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska,
Residents in Yelm, Washington have to be careful what they say these days. They just might utter the banned words that strike fear into the
Wal-Mart must have gone “postal” this week, when its attorneys failed to properly notify defendents in a lawsuit because they used the wrong postage on
All it takes is the breath of a Wal-Mart development in Oregon to create a backdraft of community opposition. The retail giant has had tough
More updates from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where residents have sent in this story to bring Sprawl-Busters up to date: “After a 7 month uphill battle,
Shoppers across America are being asked to find someplace besides Wal-Mart to purchase their back-to-school supplies, in protest of the retailer’s violation of child labor
In May of 2004, Sprawl-Busters carried a story about the community of Ellenwood, Georgia, which was organizing to fight off a Wal-Mart. That was 15
Good things happen when Home Depot comes to town. At least, that’s what the company says. But here’s a story that came into Sprawl-Busters about
“Homeowners weary from economic pressures have put their home remodeling projects on hold as they wrestle with inflation, a fragile job market and higher financing costs, Home Depot executives said. “Sales at existing stores were nearly flat .” https://t.co/BrSXWQfqKo https://t.co/1hQwnbU1CU
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 MoreWMT expanding digital shelf labels, so staff no longer have to “walk up and down aisles swapping out paper tags by hand…making it easier to keep shelf prices accurate with what customers see at checkout.” Easier to change prices during the day? https://t.co/dwJmsSKHLz https://t.co/2zLc6lYNHv
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.
