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April 2010

Wal-Mart Not Popular in Village-By-The-Sea

April 30, 2010

There are 20 Wal-Mart stores within 20 miles of Delray Beach, Florida, including a superstore 5 miles away in Boynton Beach. If residents don’t like

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Wal-Mart has no qualms about pulling up local businesses by the roots. In the city of San Gabriel, W?

April 30, 2010

Wal-Mart has no qualms about pulling up local businesses by the roots. In the city of San Gabriel, Wal-Mart wants to plough under a 75

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Wal-Mart Loses Bid To Expand Into Superstore

April 28, 2010

Wal-Mart got a great lesson in democracy this week, but its not a lesson they are going to like. On May 10, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported

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New York, NY. Wal-Mart Sales Slow, But Urban Warfare Quickens

April 25, 2010

It’s been a rough year for Wal-Mart. The giant retailer just announced its worst net sales increase in history — just a 1% increase over

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Wal-Mart Now Has 12 Dead Stores In Ohio

April 23, 2010

This is the story of how a piece of land given to a YMCA that was supposed to remain in a natural state ended up

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Wal-Mart Squeaks By With One Vote

April 22, 2010

The vote of just one person is going to fill more than 11 acres of land with a sea of asphalt surrounded by a wall

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Morgan Stanley Downplays Wal-Mart’s Bite

April 21, 2010

Is it credible when Morgan Stanley says Wal-Mart’s impact on grocery stores is more bark than bite? In mid March, an analyst at Morgan Stanley

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Mayor Threatens To Cut Off Water To Wal-Mart Project

April 18, 2010

Since the spring of 2004, activists in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, population 11,300, have been fighting a major retail development in their community anchored by

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One of the nation’s largest chain retailers, led by one of the nation’s largest developers, has had ?

April 17, 2010

Is Wal-Mart venturing into stand up comedy? The Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart stores, Lee Scott, admitted to the BBC in a recent interview that

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Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Kohl’s Tax Welfare Plan Rejected

April 17, 2010

One of the nation’s largest chain retailers, led by one of the nation’s largest developers, has had its request for a lucrative tax break turned

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Wal-Mart Is Not The First Choice, But’

April 15, 2010

Officials are getting desperate in Chicago. Instead of community self-determination, local leaders are turning for relief to national chain stores. Wal-Mart supporters who want to

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Neighbors Upset By Wal-Mart’s Plan For A 24/7 Superstore

April 13, 2010

On February 24, 2010, Sprawl- Busters reported that the city of Baltimore, Maryland could be getting its second Wal-Mart. Developers are hoping to build a

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Wal-Mart Wants Expansion As Hugo Boss Shrinks

April 11, 2010

Nowhere else in America is the tradeoff between manufacturing jobs and low-wage retail jobs clearer than in the small suburb of Brooklyn, Ohio. Brooklyn, Ohio

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Citizen Groups Blocked 47 Wal-Mart Superstores Last Year

April 10, 2010

A securities analyst for the Bank of America says Wal-Mart is spending $10 million a year in staff salaries and benefits to fight off union-based

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City Begs Wal-Mart To Stay

April 8, 2010

They call them “the towns that Wal-Mart killed twice.” When Wal-Mart arrives in a small town, it often shows up with its suitcase already packed.

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Voters Face Cap on Big Box Stores In June

April 5, 2010

On January 27, 2009 Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart was proposing a zero sum game in the city of Redlands, California. The retailer approached city officials

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Wal-Mart Proposes ‘Revolutionary’ Smaller Store

April 2, 2010

Wal-Mart is hoping that officials in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania will accept the giant retailer’s definition of ‘small.’ When Wal-Mart shrinks the size of a store

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Village Gives Wal-Mart $4 Million Welfare Deal

April 1, 2010

Wal-Mart often arrives in a community looking for a handout. The company would prefer to talk about the small financial handouts it gives to local

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The Kind of Analysis Wal-Mart Hates To Read

April 1, 2010

From big cities like Chicago, to small towns like Galt, California, local officials are so economically illiterate that they think a new retail building going

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CHRISTIAN SMALLS, FIRED AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKER, FILES RACE DISCRIMATION LAWSUIT. …

November 16, 2020

DUE TO THE SURGE IN CORONA CASES, WMT IS LIMITING SHOPPERS TO 5 PER 1,000 SF. A…

November 16, 2020

AMAZON RECENTLY ANNOUNCED FREE 1 HOUR GROCERY PICK UP FOR PRIME MEMBER ORDERS &g…

November 15, 2020

AFTER BEING REJECTED BY THE DEERFIELD, MA PLANNING BOARD, DOLLAR GENERAL APPEALS…

November 15, 2020

WILL TRUMP ALLOW ORACLE & WALMART TO INVEST IN TIK TOK? The deadline to ban …

November 14, 2020

AMAZON ACCUSED OF BREAKING ANTITRUST RULES IN EUROPE. “Data of 3rd-party sellers…

November 14, 2020

WALMART PET CARE NOW SELLING PET INSURANCE. My 3 year old mixed breed cat would …

November 13, 2020

WALMART’S GOING TO THE DOGS. 90 M OF ITS CUSTOMERS HAVE DOGS. You’d be Goofy not…

November 13, 2020

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20 Y.O. WOMAN IN LA. ON VALENTINE’S DAY KILLS FATHER OF HER CHILD WHILE HE WORKS AT WALMART, the most dangerous place in America to shop. https://t.co/dLqWpK365L

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ARGUMENT OVER VIDEO GAME AT PA. WMT LEADS TO SHOT FIRED AT EMPLOYEE. WMT allows people to bring guns into store Instead of checking them. Police spend thousands of hours there every year—at taxpayer’s expense. https://t.co/T3h2zju1Fj

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AMAZON FILES PRE-PREEMPTIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST NY ATTY. GEN. who is investigating AMZN over Covid worker safety issues. AG also wants warehouse worker productivity goals lowered. https://t.co/yNdfdzlXR1

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The 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.

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