Developer Suddenly Withdraws Wal-Mart Plans.
October 29, 2004
We reported on July 24, 2004 that a developer in Lincoln, California had shocked local residents by proposing the city’s largest retail development, anchored by
Al Norman
Trade Unions In China Stir Fry Wal-Mart
October 27, 2004
Wal-Mart is profoundly anti-union. So the latest news out of China has to be setting off firecrackers in Bentonville. According to Associated Press reports, China’s
Wal-Mart Gives $500,000 To Stop Health Care Question in California.
October 26, 2004
Citizen Wal-Mart announced this week it is making a $500,000 contribution to a group called Californians Against Government Run Health Care, a coalition that is
Town Council Slam Dunks Wal-Mart Rezoning.
October 26, 2004
There was another slam-dunk of Wal-Mart this week. Citizens in Windsor, Colorado, a town of about 15,000 people, celebrated a victory over Wal-Mart on Monday
Residents Seek To Defeat Big Box Zone Referendum
October 24, 2004
On November 2nd in Belfast, Maine, they’ll be counting more than Presidential ballots, as the city deals with a referendum on the future of big
Another Wal-Mart Impact Study
October 24, 2004
A new economic impact study has been released in Kilmarnock, VA and the Northern Neck, quantifying the likely impact of a proposed Wal-Mart superstore in
Wal-Mart’s Woes Put to Music.
October 23, 2004
Tony Vincent was a folksinger in Canada during the late 70s and early 80s. He came to Nashville, Tennessee in 1988 to see if he
Residents Want Wal-Mart Off the Rancho.
October 22, 2004
Citizens in the small community of Rio Rancho, New Mexico have joined the nationwide movement to push Wal-Mart out of their community. Here’s a report
Residents Organize to Stop Huge Big Box Corporate Welfare Scheme
October 21, 2004
Citizens in San Luis Obispo, California, have organized to make sure the voters of their city have the final word on a huge tax giveaway
Wal-Mart Developer Turns Defeat Into Victory With Cosmetic Changes
October 20, 2004
A Wal-Mart project called the “Renaissance” has had a dramatic renaissance of its own in a small Florida community. A Wal-Mart developer in Venice, Florida
Lowe’s Gets $2.2 Million in Corporate Welfare
October 20, 2004
Giant chain retailers have an unquenchable thirst for tax dollars. Companies like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe’s are constantly on the look out for tax
Residents Don’t Want Wal-Mart Standing On Their Corner.
October 17, 2004
If you’re standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, what are the chances you’ll see a Wal-Mart supercenter? For many local residents, the 65,930 s.f.
City Council Votes Down Wal-Mart–For Now.
October 17, 2004
The City Council in Terre Haute, Indiana has said no to a Wal-Mart rezoning proposal — for now. This week City Hall was packed with
Wal-Mart Facing Another Unionized Store
October 17, 2004
Wal-Mart may not provide its workers with a living wage and benefits, but it provides its managers wih a “toolbox” designed to keep the company
Home Depot Expansion Plans Thwarted by One Merchant
October 16, 2004
Home Depot’s plans to expand their existing store in Garfield, Michigan hit the wall this week, when one neighboring business objected. Home Depot wanted to
Proposed Lowe’s Store Has Neighbors Upset
October 16, 2004
One victory over Lowe’s was not enough in Hickory, North Carolina. Local activists there say the number 2 home improvement retailer is back in town
Wal-Mart Plans To Expand, Leave Dead Store Behind
October 15, 2004
Wal-Mart stores currently has nearly 1 million square feet of available buildings in the state of Ohio in a dozen communities. Port Clinton, Ohio could
Wal-Mart Opens Hawaiian Store Over Dead Bodies.
October 14, 2004
Wal-Mart will go to great lengths to build their stores. They will even build them over dead bodies — literally. During the construction stage of
Residents Jubilant Over Wal-Mart Defeat.
October 14, 2004
One down, and two to go. That’s the victory this week in Deptford, New Jersey, where residents are celebrating the township’s rejection of a Wal-Mart
Residents Told They Can’t Speak Against Wal-Mart
October 14, 2004
This week, residents in Yelm, Washington, which calls itself “The Pride of the Prairie”, got their first taste of Wal-Mart battle — but they couldn’t
Wal-Mart, Oblivious to Community Opposition, Plans 250 Expansion
October 6, 2004
Like a giant so distended it can no longer see its feet, Wal-Mart is telling analysts this week that it plans to push more and
Walk A Mile In Wal-Mart’s Shoes from India.
October 2, 2004
Wal-Mart has dropped “the other shoe” on the American footwear industry, and it landed in India. The Telegraph newspaer in Calcutta today announced good news
Frank’s Nursery, Regional Garden Center Chain, Turned Into Mulch
October 2, 2004
Companies like Home Depot and Wal-Mart like to describe themselves as “retail magnets” that attract more jobs and sales wherever they go. But this month
City Council Unanimously Opposes Wal-Mart Supercenter.
September 29, 2004
The City Council in Saline, Michigan voted unanimously last week to oppose a Wal-Mart supercenter. There’s just one small problem, a matter of geography. The
Residents Want Size Limits on Big Box Stores.
September 28, 2004
A group in Toronto, Canada, called the Davenport-Shaw Resident’s Association (DSRA) has written to all the Mayoral candidates in the city, outlining a 10 point
Local Property Owners Continue Court Battle to Stop Wal-Mart
September 28, 2004
It’s getting harder and harder to build those Wal-Mart supercenters. Consider the case of Urbana, Illinois. We first wrote about Urbana in January, 2004, when
Residents Organize to Fight Wal-Mart in Overton Park Project.
September 28, 2004
The Overton Park residential/commercial redevelopment project in Lubbock, Texas has been described as “the nation’s largest privately-funded revitalization project”, and residents in Lubbock were distressed
Wal-Mart Bumps Into More Opposition to Annexation
September 27, 2004
Almost everywhere Wal-Mart wants to go these days, the good corporate citizens run into people who don’t want a thing to do with them. Here’s
Wal-Mart Readies to Destroy 200 Year Old Farm
September 25, 2004
The “old barns and pastoral fields” of Lacey, New Jersey, are on the endangered list, as another Wal-Mart superstore bears down on a 200 year
Wal-Mart Defending Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
September 24, 2004
The timing couldn’t have been worse for Wal-Mart. The country’s dominant retailer was drawing negative headlines across the country once again for racial discrimination in
Wal-Mart Buys Newspaper Ads to Repair Damaged Image
September 23, 2004
Instead of advertising its everyday low prices, and instead of giving its workers a raise, the Wal-Mart corporation has chosen instead to spend hundreds of
Governor Bush Rejects Wal-Mart Plans
September 22, 2004
Wal-Mart has run out of running room in Jacksonville, Florida. Residents on the southside of the city have handed Wal-Mart another defeat — but this
Home Depot Uses Federal Subsidies to Locate Workers.
September 21, 2004
Home Depot over the past several years has hired the elderly and veterans to feed its expanding empire, as it displaces smaller competitors, while getting
Home Depot Uses Federal Subsidies to Recruit Workers.
September 21, 2004
Home Depot over the past several years has hired the elderly and veterans to feed its expanding empire, as it displaces smaller competitors, while getting
Wal-Mart’s “Gift” To Neighbors: Raw Sewage.
September 20, 2004
This story stinks, literally. Giant retail stores make lousy neighbors. Local officials can talk all they want about buffers, and berms and setbacks, but the
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Economic Impact Bill
September 19, 2004
As expected, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 18th terminated a bill that would have made big box retailers pay for economic impact studies of
Residents Pleased That Wal-Mart’s Not Coming
September 19, 2004
After a year’s worth of rumors that Wal-Mart was coming, a sigh of relief greeted the news this week that the city of Crystal River,
Wal-Mart Runs Into More Illegal Worker Troubles.
September 19, 2004
Construction at a Wal-Mart supercenter in Sweetwater, Texas suddenly came to a halt this past week when it was discovered that one of Wal-Mart’s contractors
Wal-Mart Opponents Issue Statement On Victory.
September 18, 2004
Thrilled residents of Denver, Colorado who helped push a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market out of their Elitch Gardens community, say they are now excited about the
Jury Awards Family $570,000 In Death of 3 Year Old At Home Depot
September 18, 2004
The Associated Press reported this week that a death at Home Depot in 2000 has resulted in a second company having to pay the family
‘All Wal-Mart Stores Are Going To Be Smaller’
September 18, 2004
A planner from a small town in Michigan says that Wal-Mart is “reining in” the size of its superstores, and turning to smaller, more cost-efficient
Wal-Mart Defends Its Construction Near Ancient Pyramids
September 18, 2004
Angry protestors who have written to Wal-Mart in opposition to their construction of a superstore near the ancient pyramids at Teotihuacan, Mexico, 18 miles from
Residents Upset by Wal-Mart Plans.
September 18, 2004
Residents in Hermantown, Minnesota have an armload of concerns about a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter, and have formed a new group to protect their interests. The
Y. Poor People Are Letting Wal-Mart Down.
September 18, 2004
According to an article posted on TheStreet.com, poor people are dampening our country’s economic recovery because they’re not spending as much as needed to keep
Wal-Mart Loses The Beer Pricing Comparison
September 16, 2004
Some residents of Great Britain have conducted an informal pricing survey involving Wal-Mart and its competitors that they say surprised them. Here’s their account of
Residents Organizing to Keep Wal-Mart Out of Area
September 16, 2004
Residents in Three Rivers, Michigan are on high alert, now that a Wal-Mart superstore proposal has surfaced in their midst. Here’s a report from the
Another Wal-Mart Proposal Draws Fire
September 15, 2004
Submit a Wal-Mart plan to local officials, and then stand back. That seems to be the reality facing the giant retailer these days. Dozens of
Wal-Mart Pulls Out of Elitch Gardens Plan
September 15, 2004
Residents on the north side of Denver, Colorado were thrilled to hear the news this week that Wal-Mart is shutting down plans to build a
Neighbors Not Happy With Home Depot.
September 15, 2004
It’s one thing to shop at Home Depot. It’s quite another to be their neighbor. Residents in Massena, New York, are learning that having Home
Both Sides Unhappy With Preliminary Wal-Mart Approval
September 11, 2004
It took six hours, but at 1 pm, under cover of darkness, the Planning Commmission in American Canyon, California narrowly voted (3-2) to approve a