According to Sprawl-Busters, Wal-Mart has been defeated in the following eight communities in the past month: Monroeville, PA Sept 17 Voorhees, NJ Sept 17 Rotterdam,
Sprawl-Busters first heard from citizens in Monroeville, Pennsylvania back in June of 2005. They were organizing to fend off a Wal-Mart supercenter proposal. Three months
Residents in Sante Fe, New Mexico are hoping that a parliamentary rule book will stop a Wal-Mart supercenter from replacing the smaller Wal-Mart the city
Residents in Voorhees, New Jersey say they are “thrilled” that a proposed Wal-Mart has been cut out of a developer’s plans in this community. Sprawl-Busters
Who says that you can’t buy votes with money? That’s the whole strategy as far as Wal-Mart is concerned: the group with the most money
WMT’s new CEO has worked for the Waltons for 33years—more than 60% of his life. And his Dad worked there for 25 years. He started working at WMT the same year I helped defeat WMT in Greenfield, MA—and we still have no WMT here 33 years later. https://t.co/XR8Idjkjg1 https://t.co/yz54c5hlo5
Read MoreAI OUTAGES: “Amazon blamed an erroneous ‘software code deployment’, leaving customers unable to complete transactions or even check basic details like account details and product prices.” https://t.co/c4Exztv8yg https://t.co/eWJ1MS286x
Read MoreA fed judge gave AMZN an injunction stopping another company from using its own AI browser agent in protected sections of the AMZN website to shop on behalf of customers. “Who controls access when an AI agent shows up at a retailer’s digital front door?” https://t.co/ufxmF0Zvsk
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.
