Wal-Mart Bribes City With Land Offer
October 31, 2006
Once again Wal-Mart is leading the way in demonstrating how good land use deals should be made in America. The Wichita Eagle reports this week
October 2006
Nation Braces for Wal-Mart Invasion
October 30, 2006
The government in India is preparing for an invasion by the French, British and Americans — but not a single shot will be fired. These
Citizens Don’t Want To “Settle” for Wal-Mart
October 29, 2006
Sprawl-Busters reported on November 16, 2002, that township officials had updated their zoning code to put a limit on the size of stores in a
Residents Argue Case In Court Against Wal-Mart
October 29, 2006
At least four parties are locked in a legal dispute before the First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco over an embattled Wal-Mart superstore
Home Depot Trees To Offset Its Carbon Emissions?
October 28, 2006
In one of the more tortured twists of logic, one of the world’s largest producers of wasteful sprawl, is going to plant thousands of trees
Wal-Mart Customer Service Horror Story
October 26, 2006
The following story combines Wal-Mart’s customer service attitude and its philanthropy. In this case, however, Wal-Mart gives away someone else’s property. Former Wal-Mart CEO David
Wal-Mart Says It Will ‘Reduce Growth’ of U.S. Stores
October 23, 2006
Sprawl-Busters has long held that Wal-Mart is building stores to meet expectations on Wall Street, rather than to meet needs on Main Street. Placing stores
Home Depot Rolls Out Health Insurance Plan For Busineses
October 21, 2006
You thought Home Depot was only good at importing Chinese ceiling fans? Actually, the world’s largest home improvement chain appears to be willing to sell
Home Depot Returns to City That Rejected Them.
October 20, 2006
On March 8, 2002, Sprawl-Busters brought you the story of Measure N in Mountain View, California. This was a ballot question to allow Home Depot
Home Depot To Return with Smaller Plan
October 19, 2006
Honey, they shrunk the Home Depot! Residents in Billerica, Massachusetts who have been fighting a Home Depot within an existing neighborhood shopping center in their
Couple Sues Town Over ‘Secret’ Wal-Mart Process
October 19, 2006
The News Journal reports this week that two Middletown Village, Delaware residents are again suing Middletown seeking to overturn a third rezoning of property for
Hollywood Business People Honor Wal-Mart ‘Sustainability’
October 18, 2006
Hollywood, the city of make-believe, is the appropriate place to honor Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. According to the Los Angeles Times, the giant retailer is
Residents Oppose Wal-Mart ‘Shark.’
October 18, 2006
Several months ago, Sprawl-Busters heard from residents in Spring Valley, New York, who were organizing opposition to a proposed 215,000 s.f. Super Wal-Mart in Monsey,
Wal-Mart Pressures Town To Negotiate Rejection
October 18, 2006
Neptune Beach, Florida said No, but Wal-Mart doesn’t like to accept rejection. So the company has resorted to legal pressure to push city officials to
Home Depot Contributes To The Right-Wing Agenda
October 17, 2006
“You can do it,” Home Depot says to Republican politicians, “and we can help.” According to a report in Bloomberg News, the orange home improvement
Wal-Mart Workers Walk Off Job Over Cut In Hours
October 17, 2006
Wal-Mart says it was all just a “mistake.” But when the giant retailer published its work schedule for superstore #2814 in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, many
Wal-Mart de Mexico Target Of Rising Protests
October 17, 2006
Wal-Mart is becoming a high-visibility target south of the border, where the giant retailer has dominated Mexican retailing, to the detriment of thousands of smaller
Jesse Jackson Says Wal-Mart Trying To Buy Off Black Critics
October 15, 2006
Silence is golden. But can gold buy silence? A report in today’s Louisiana Weekly quotes Jesse Jackson, Sr., president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, as charging
Residents Organize to Fight Lowe’s Saturation
October 15, 2006
Residents in Lafayette, Colorado have sent Sprawl-Busters the following report about their battle to keep out a home improvement chain store: “A group called Preserve
Wal-Mart Loses Again In Off the Clock Lawsuit
October 13, 2006
Rather than pay its workers for every minute they work, Wal-Mart would rather pay for only some of those minutes, and attract millions of dollars
Wal-Mart A Sore Loser: Sues Town
October 12, 2006
What you can’t get by regulation, try to get by litigation. That’s been Wal-Mart’s mantra for years. Sprawl-Busters noted on July 20, 2006, that the
Wal-Mart Subsidy Deal Dead’For Now
October 12, 2006
On September 21, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that city officials in Broomfield, Colorado had offered to pay for 49% of the cost of site acquisition for
Wal-Mart Uses Internet To Line Up Oregon Supporters
October 9, 2006
Borrowing a page from its citizen group opponents, Wal-Mart is doing a little community organizing in the state of Oregon, hoping to improve its lagging
Landslide Buries Wal-Mart Project In Delays
October 9, 2006
On September 20, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that two rockslides had shut down further work on a Wal-Mart supercenter in Kilbuck township, Pennsylvania. Residents in Kilbuck
Wal-Mart Plan Must Start Over Due To Reviewer’s Bias
October 6, 2006
It’s been a long, strange trip for Wal-Mart in the town of St. Albans, Vermont. Rejected by the courts in 1995, Wal-Mart returned to the
Home Depot, Lowe’s Pylon in Katrina’s rubble.
October 2, 2006
Hurricanes are disasters for some people, but just another business opportunity for others. It seems that Hurricane Katrina has not only destroyed a significant part
Home Depot Leaves Empty Store
October 1, 2006
Home Depot doesn’t get as much publicity as Wal-Mart Realty over the empty stores it leaves behind when the corporation decides to abandon its buildings
Wal-Mart Withdraws Superstore Plan
October 1, 2006
It’s been a terrible couple of months for Wal-Mart in New York state. The retailer lost battles in September in Amherst, and Victor, New York,
Wal-Mart Stores Making People Sick—Literally
October 1, 2006
Residents in Sturbridge,Massachusetts, home to historic Sturbridge Village, fought a Wal-Mart store for several years. The group Save Our Sturbridge (SOS) took the developer, W.S.