Residents Organize Against Home Depot
March 19, 2006
Citizen activism against big box stores knows no political boundaries. Sprawl-Busters received the following report this week from north of the border, where residents feel
March 19, 2006
Religious Groups Pursue Court Case Against Wal-Mart Location
March 19, 2006
Wal-Mart has already started building a store three times the size of a football field in Guelph, Ontario, in Canada. But a multi-faith religious group
Massachusetts Big Box Developers Sprawling Over Maine
March 19, 2006
With major retail developers from Massachusetts assaulting towns like Damariscotta, Thomaston and other mid-coast Maine communities, the residents in Ellsworth report that another Massachusetts developer
Home Depot Cuts Its Safety Managers Nationwide
March 19, 2006
Sprawl-Busters received word this week from one of our sources that Home Depot has made a major cutback in its store safety program. In past
Union Releases ‘Wal-Mart Tax’ Health Care Study
March 19, 2006
The AFL-CIO released this past week a 16 page study of the public subsidies that state and federal taxpayers provide to the private retailer, Wal-Mart,
Disabled Win $13 M Class Action Suit Against Kmart
March 19, 2006
This past week Kmart offered a $13 million blue light special — but its owner, Sears Holding, was not too pleased. The beleaguered retailer settled