WALMART’S WHIMPY GUN POLICY: “We are respectfully requesting that customers no longer open carry firearms into our stores…in states where ‘open carry’ is permitted…a very
AMAZON TELLS INDIA IT WILL REDUCE SINGLE USE PLASTIC IN DELIVERY PACKAGING BY 2020, after Walmart set a deadline of 2021. AMZN says “it’s good
HOME DEPOT SUED FOR SECRETLY USING CAMERAS TO TRACK CUSTOMERS IN THEIR STORES. HD has “collected, captured, received…biometric identifiers…from hundreds of thousands, if not millions,
WALMART ON TRUMP TARIFFS: “If we have to raise prices we’ll do that…But we’re going to run the Walmart model which is: we want to
WALMART DE MEXICO UNWRAPS NEW SAME DAY DELIVERY SERVICE: reaching customers’ doorstep within 3 to 4 hours for certain tech & household products. It’s all
WALMART DE MEXICO UNWRAPS NEW SAME DAY DELIVERY SERVICE: reaching customers’ doorstep within 3 to 4 hours for certain tech & household products. It’s all
OUR STORES ARE CLEANER,” SAYS WALMART’S CHIEF MERCHANDISING OFFICER at Barclay’s conference. “Product quality is better…Our associates are friendlier.” Did they fire all the unfriendly
WALMART’S CHIEF MERCH. OFFICER AT BARCLAY’S CONFERENCE admits robots and self-checkouts “changes the labor model dramatically inside the store…so we can put those people towards
I WORKED FOR THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY. It was during the Vietnam War, when Newsweek was hiding the real casualty figures from the public. The
UBER, LYFT & DOOR DASH PLEDGE $90 M TO BLOCK BILL IN CA LEGISLATURE THAT BARS COMPANIES FROM USING IND. CONTRACTORS TO DO WORK THE
ULSTER, NY FORCED TO SETTLE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT WITH HOME DEPOT TO AVOID COURT COSTS. “There are companies out there that practice this every year…they
WALMART OPENS BREAST-PUMPING “PODS” FOR MOMS AT 3 LOCATIONS. “Shoppers at Walmart would never be expected to use or directed to a pod if they
AMAZON & WALMART BLAME TESLA/SOLAR CITY FOR SOLAR PANEL FIRES, & Elon Musk blames a subcontractor. Musk’s cousin was CEO of Solar City when it’s
FRENCH GOVT IMPOSES 3% ‘DIGITAL TAX’ ON AMAZON WHICH PASSED THE COST ONTO ITS FRENCH MARKETPLACE SELLERS. Move prompts Trump to threaten a “reciprocal action
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.