Media Misunderstands The ‘Wal-Mart Effect’
December 29, 2010
The city of Atwater, California tells visitors “everything you need to enjoy life is right here in Atwater.” And soon, there will be a Wal-Mart
December 2010
Another Developer Tries to Build An Unneeded Superstore
December 27, 2010
On Februrary 12, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart was having trouble finding land in the small town of Thomaston, Maine. A developer, under public pressure,
Developer Dupes City Officials, Flips Property To Wal-Mart
December 24, 2010
Municipal officials sometimes get in over their heads trying to be entrepreneurial real estate developers. The results are often not pretty. Such is the case
City Votes To Close Roads As A Defense Against Wal-Mart
December 22, 2010
Almost two years ago, citizens in the neighboring towns of Fairlawn and Copley, Ohio got some big news: Wal-Mart was dropping plans to build a
Wal-Mart Losing Its Low Income Core Customer
December 20, 2010
There have been a number of recent stories about how consumers are voting with their feet against Wal-Mart, charging that the giant retailer is no
Wal-Mart Forcing Taxpayers To Spend Millions To Repeal Big Box Law
December 18, 2010
To Wal-Mart, Democracy is just another commodity you can buy — if you have enough money. In San Diego, California, Wal-Mart is attempting to buy
& NY. Wal-Mart Fights Brooklyn Residents In Two States
December 15, 2010
Wal-Mart is entangled in the “Battle for Two Brooklyns” — and neither fight is good public relations for the giant retailer. In Brooklyn, Connecticut, anti-Wal-Mart
Another Mayor Embraces Wal-Mart’s Voodoo Economics
December 13, 2010
Wal-Mart has learned over time that if you want to get into Big City markets in America, you first have to get into the offices
Landowner Keeps Pushing For Wal-Mart in Ten Year Battle
December 8, 2010
It’s been roughly three years since Sprawl-Busters wrote about the Wal-Mart battle in Bedford, Michigan. On February 2, 2007, residents in Bedford were celebrating a
Justice Delayed: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear The “Mother Of All Wal-Mart Lawsuits.’
December 7, 2010
It’s the biggest legal threat that Wal-Mart has ever faced. On June 21, 2001, Sprawl-Busters reported that six women had sued Wal-Mart, charging the company
Wal-Mart In Race To Beat Town’s Size Cap
December 5, 2010
The world’s biggest retailer is in a frantic race to beat a small town in Maine before it imposed a size cap on retail stores.
Wal-Mart Accused of Trying to Bribe Local Residents
December 1, 2010
In October of 2009, Eduardo Castro-Wright, then Wal-Mart’s vice chairman of U.S, stores, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, “The writing is on the wall, we are