17,000 UNION WORKERS IN CHILE SHUT DOWN 124 WALMARTS OVER ROBOTS. Walmart says its push to more automation at its stores “isn’t Walmart’s idea.” Robot
PLAYWRIGHT WINTER MILLER TALKS ABOUT HER NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY, “NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN,” about two journalists imprisoned somewhere. THE PLOT podcast with host Sean Douglass:
TRUMP NOMINATES WALMART EXEC TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP. Lee Rudofsky is a WMT senior director for global “anti-corruption” compliance. 3 weeks ago WMT paid $282 M
AS MANY AS 1,000 WALMART PHARMACISTS AND TECHS JUST LOST THEIR JOBS. One 20 year employee got 10 minutes notice.No Union—no job protection. https://www.drugtopics.com/latest/walmart-layoffs-impact-senior-staff Read
TARGET NOW HAS 100 SMALL FORMAT STORES, INCLUDING 23 ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. After decades of building huge, inefficient superstores, Target’s best sales per sf is
FRENCH KING, OR BURGER KING? Wed, July 9th at 6:30 pm, at GHS in Greenfield,MA: Public Hearing On Citizen Referendum rewrite. Come tell the City
FRENCH KING, OR BURGER KING? Wed, July 9th at 6:30 pm, at GHS in Greenfield,MA: Public Hearing On Citizen Referendum rewrite. Come tell the City
TRUMP WANTS AMERICANS TO BELIEVE HIS TARIFFS ARE HURTING CHINA’S ECONOMY, WHILE WALMART CRANKS UP ITS DISTRIBUTION CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOOST SALES IN CHINA: “Walmart
PRIME DAY IS STRIKE DAY AT AMAZON. At one MN. warehouse workers say “wages are still too low and the pressure on workers to produce
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FIND A DEAD BODY AT HOME DEPOT? Police In Wyoming, MI found a dead body in a car parked
AMAZON DOPE? The Everything Store “will enter the U.S. marijuana market as soon as federal legalization occurs…carrying cannabis products at its Whole Foods stores…available for
MY FAVORITE PLAYWRIGHT IS PRODUCING, DIRECTING & WRITING HER NEW OFF BROADWAY PLAY: “NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/arts/the-week-in-arts-the-music-of-birdsong-captives-onstage-and-a-poet-in-love.html Read more on Facebook
WALMART’S EFFORTS TO USE ITS STORES TO DOUBLE AS “FULFILLMENT CENTERS” IS NOT COMPETING WITH AMAZON’S WAREHOUSE NETWORK. Walmart needs “dozens more e-commerce warehouses and
ON 25th BIRTHDAY, AMAZON ASKS FCC TO PERMIT 3,236 satellites in low orbit to sell broadband around the globe. Elon Musk’s Space X already has
AFTER AMAZON INVESTS NEARLY $600 M IN DELIVEROO TWO MONTHS AGO, BRITS NOW TELL THEM TO STOP. Competition Authority fears AMZN will take over the
WALMART, TARGET AND BEST BUY WANT FTC TO INVESTIGATE AMZN, FB, GOOGLE & APPLE IMPACT ON COMPETITION, DATA COLLECTION. Walmart should be on the list
DON’T ENCOURAGE TARGET’S “CREATED HOLIDAYS,” IMITATING AMAZON. Shop local on “Deal Days” and close down your smart phone. https://wsbt.com/news/business/target-creating-its-own-version-of-prime-day-with-deal-days-on-june-15-16 Read more on Facebook
HOW A HOME CARE SYSTEM FAILURE LEFT ONE SENIOR IN A TWILIGHT ZONE OF PERMANENT HOSPITAL CARE INSTEAD OF HOME: Where In The World Is
DESPITE ITS “MADE IN AMERICA” FACADE, WALMART IS INVESTING BILLIONS IN CHINA. “The return from Walmart’s increasing investment in China is not worth the risk
WALMART’S “EYE-POPPING” ONLINE LOSSES: 3 years ago, Walmart bought the e-commerce shopping platform Jet.com. Report says WMT projects losses of at least $1 billion in
CONSUMERS WARNED TO THROW OUT WALMART GROCERY PRODUCE from a Minnesota superstore. Two chemicals in the pool section got mixed together, creating smoke, causing potential
IMAGINE BUYING A HOME IN A NEW “TOWN CENTER” IN SUBURBAN D.C. AND YOUR NEIGHBOR TURNS OUT TO BE A 70 FOOT TALL, 700,000 SF
COCAINE DEAL BUSTED IN VIRGINIA BEACH WALMART PARKING LOT: 3 men were exchanging 22 pounds of cocaine worth $280,000. Walmart: the most dangerous place in
RITE AID PARTNERS WITH AMAZON TO ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PICK UP AMZN PACKAGES AT RITE AID STORES. AMAZON SAYS “thousands of additional (‘local business’) locations
CO-FOUNDER OF HOME DEPOT PLEDGES SUPPORT TO DONALD TRUMP IN 2020. “Trump sucks at communication,” admits 90 y.o. Bernie Marcus, but billionaires need to stick
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.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.