Angry residents in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin want Wal-Mart to walk away from its plans to build a superstore in this small community of roughly 16,000 people.
New Berlin, Wisconsin is a city just west of Milwaukee with just under 40,000 people. It has a median household income that’s about 44% higher
A group of citizens in Fountain Hills, AZ, calling themselves the “Logical Land Use Committee” has formed around a referendum issue challenging the Town Council’s
The town square in Bentonville, Arkansas was filled with an estimated 2,000 people wearing yellow rain slickers that said “Wal-Mart — Not in My Neighborhood.”
In April of 2011, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart’s legal team had drafted a 60 page zoning document that allowed it to build a huge superstore
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.
