Home Depot’s Glass Basement, Again
August 29, 2001
In September of 1997, Home Depot announced that a Federal District Judge in New Orleans had approved a settlement in a massive gender discrimination lawsuit
Al Norman
“Exceptional Benefits” of Wal-Mart?
August 28, 2001
Wal-Mart must think residents of Longmont, Colorado have a short memory. It wasn’t too long ago that Wal-Mart built a discount store in Longmont —
Costco Destroys Historic Site
August 22, 2001
Citizens in Cuernavaca, Mexico have organized to stop Costco from ruining a historic piece of property known as The Casino de la Selva, the Casino
Wal-Mart’s Battle of New Orleans
August 19, 2001
Local activists in historic New Orleans, a city which is a treasure trove of urban history and culture, are gearing up for the latest Battle
More Closings. This time Ames.
August 18, 2001
First it was Bradlees, then Montgomery Wards, and now Ames. Ames Department Stores of Rocky Hill, Conneccticut, a company which calls itself “the largest regional
Home Depot Departs Over Subsidies
August 15, 2001
“Home Depot drops plan”. That’s the headline out of St. Paul Minnesota this week. The St.Paul Pioneer Press reports that the city’s efforts to bring
Wal-Mart Settles Below Cost Pricing
August 15, 2001
Wal-Mart agreed this week to pay $15,000 to settle a case of below cost pricing brought against it by 5 stores in West Bend, Wisconsin.
Home Depot Wants School Land
August 12, 2001
Beware of School Committees that try to become real estate brokers. In Jackson, Michigan, residents are wishing that their School Board would spend more time
Judge Rules In Favor Of City Ordinance Capping Building Size.
August 11, 2001
A Superior Court Judge in Stanislaus County has affirmed a size cap ordinance in the city of Turlock that officials used to stop a Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Pulls Placer County Plug
August 8, 2001
According to Dale Smith, who has been fighting Wal-Mart and Home Depot in his hometown of Auburn, California, one battle with Wal-Mart is over. Here’s
Home Depot Nixes Sweatshop Resolution
August 8, 2001
Talk about slow election results, it took Home Depot more than two months to report the results of its May 30th. stockholder’s annual meeting. According
Wal-Mart Wants 2nd Store
August 5, 2001
A sprawl-buster correspondent in Hood River, Oregon writes that Wal-Mart is trying to hoodwink her Oregon community into replacing the existing Wal-Mart with a larger,
Wal-Mart’s Option Runs Out.
August 5, 2001
Sprawl-Busters in West Virginia emailed the following victory account from the front lines: “Wal-Mart suffers defeat in Morgantown, W.V.! The company, which already has one
Wal-Mart Bombs the Island
July 30, 2001
While Puerto Rican politicians are focusing on the US Navy’s bombing of Viejes, they have ignored the economic saturation bombing that Wal-Mart is doing to
Court Tags Home Depot on Price Tags
July 29, 2001
As recording artist Wilson Pickett used to sing: “99 and a half just won’t do.” An Associated Press story out of Quincy, Massachusetts this week,
Wal-Mart Hands Out 100 Pink Slips
July 26, 2001
What’s this? A tiny crack in the Wal? The Associated Press reported July 25th. that the Almighty Always had to lay off 100 of its
Mayor Not Sure of Wal-Mart Impacts
July 26, 2001
According to the July 24th.issue of the Janesville, Wisconsin Gazette, public officials in Delavan, Wisconsin are worried about the impact a Wal-Mart Supercenter might have
Wal-Mart Gets a Second Chance
July 25, 2001
What you can’t get by regulation, try to get by litigation. It didn’t take developer Stanley Kroenke too much time to get what he wanted
Home Depot Will be a Detriment
July 21, 2001
“Home Depot will be a detriment to the city.” That was the opinion of Dave Baker, owner of the Stow-Glen Retirement Community, which is located
Wal-Mart Sued on Free Speech Issues
July 20, 2001
On February 21, 2000, 25 people who were picketing a Wal-Mart store in Ukiah, California were placed under “citizen’s arrest” by store officials, and taken
Home Depot Plays off Two Towns
July 19, 2001
Button, button, who’s going to Sutton? Home Depot has been playing a game of eeney, meeney, miney, mo with the nearby towns of Shrewsbury and
Kmart Defeat is Unanimous
July 18, 2001
It took 4 hours, but the City Council in Chesapeake, Virginia last night unanimously rejected Kmart’s rezoning application to construct a SuperKmart on North Battlefield
Supervisors Give Wal-Mart A Long List of Conditions
July 17, 2001
A small town in Pennsylvania has given Wal-Mart a long list of ‘conditions’ to meet if they want to build a superstore. Many of the
Violence at Home Depot.
July 15, 2001
The Associated Press headline today reads: “Ex-Home Depot Employee Kills Two”. A former Home Depot employee at a store in Morrow, Georgia, a suburban community
Home Depot Opens, Others Close
July 15, 2001
It’s an “open and shut” case. Home Depot opens, other businesses shut. According to a recent story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a new, 134,000 s.f.
Home Depot Imports Shrieking Frogs
July 14, 2001
Add this to the list of complaints that neighbors have about Home Depot stores: mating frogs. According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin, peeping frogs have
Residents Overwhelmingly Against Wal-Mart Plan.
July 14, 2001
A recent public hearing in Urbana, Illinois turned up more anti-Wal-Mart sentiment than the Mayor may have bargained for. Urbana Mayor Tod Satterthwaite sat rhrough
Retail Doesn’t Pay Its Way
July 14, 2001
Sprawl-Busters has become aware of a comprensive, 281 page regional retail study produced by the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Planning Commission and the Northeast Ohio Areawide
Developer Runs Into a Ruckus
July 14, 2001
Developers from Dallas are used to thinking big, but a Dallas-based developer has run into big problems in the small Ohio town of Kent. A
Home Improvement Stores DIYing
July 14, 2001
Like a rotting foundation, a long list of home improvement retailers are falling apart. In northeastern Ohio, the DIY Home Warehouse, which at one time
Wal-Mart & Kmart Buying Burmese Sweat?
July 10, 2001
According to the National Labor Committee, Wal-Mart has sworn off sweatshop goods with Burmese (Myanmar) labels. Here’s the NLC Report: “Wal-Mart: Burma victory? After years
Quality Jobs At Retail Mart?
July 8, 2001
Companies like Wal-Mart boast that their jobs offer “quality compensation and benefits.” Wal-Mart says its jobs are “among the best in the retail industry, and
Citizens Don’t Want Wal-Mart To Cross Rubicon
July 7, 2001
A citizens group called The Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government (HCRG) has launched what one newspaper called “a massive attack” to block the building of
Wal-Mart Pays $1 M Pollution Fine
June 30, 2001
The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced on June 7th that a “settlement” had been reached with Wal-Mart over water pollution problems due to stormwater runoff
Islanders Oppose Kmart Franchise
June 30, 2001
Will the Kmart blue light specials get a red light on the paradise island of Barbados? Local merchants on this small island in the Caribbean
Big Box Gas Station Rejected
June 22, 2001
All across the country, large retailers such as Costco, Wal-Mart, BJs, Albertson’s, etc are trying to add gas stations to their parking lots. Such facilities
Wal-Mart Deaf to Judge’s Order
June 21, 2001
We have followed the case of two deaf men who applied for work at Wal-Mart six years ago, but were rejected, and their subsequent lawsuit
Sex Discrimination at Wal Mart?
June 21, 2001
Whose got the lower glass ceiling: Wal-Mart or Home Depot? We’ll find out eventually, as Wal-Mart is now forced to respond to a sex discrimination
Wal-Mart Loses Marathon Battle
June 21, 2001
Eight and a half years. That’s what it took residents of Chestertown, Maryland to slam dunk Wal-Mart. Here’s a field update from Brenda Horrocks and
Amazingly Monstrous Company Taking Over the World.
June 15, 2001
A gathering at the Magazine Publishers of America Retail Conference in Washington, D.C. recently was the stage Wal-Mart used to unveil its other personality. A
3 Wal-Mart Supercenters?
June 14, 2001
Florida already is one of the highest-ranking states in the nation for “dead” Wal-Mart stores. As of today, there are 33 “available” Wal-Mart stores in
Citizens Win Referendum Vote
June 14, 2001
Here’s the message I received this morning from a group called Belfast First, in the town of Belfast, Maine: “We won! Belfast won! The referendum
Wal-Mart Dropped From Index Fund
June 13, 2001
Wal-Mart has been removed from the Domini 400 Social Index citing research by the National Labor Committee documenting that-* Wal-Mart’s “Kathie Lee” goods were made
Wal-Mart Won’t Help the Kids
June 13, 2001
According to a story in the June 11, 2001 Charleston (WV) Gazette, Wal-Mart stores will no longer accept West Virginia clothing vouchers. The commissioner of
JDN’s Political Contribution
June 10, 2001
On April 12, 2001, the Planning Board of Hamilton Township, New Jersey voted unanimously to approve a huge, 270 acre retail complex that will include
K Mart Loses Battle
June 9, 2001
After nine years of botched planning and big box buffoonery, the citizens of South St.Louis have finally laid to rest the worst laid plans of
The Matrix Development Group must have been displeased recently when another “group” of nearly 200 r?
June 3, 2001
The world’s largest retailer is also the world’s largest recipient of corporate welfare. The Associated Press reported in March that the U.S. House of Representatives
PBS Stations. STORE WARS DEBUTS
June 3, 2001
Filmmaker Micha Peled’s one hour doumentary STORE WARS will air this week on local PBS channels. Go to www.pbs.org/storewars to check for the local public
Target Tries Where Wal-Mart Failed
June 1, 2001
The city of Ithaca, New York has spent the better part of the past decade fighting off big box developers — and all on the
Wal Mart’s Dangerous Products
May 29, 2001
While lawmakers in two states consider legislation that would require more protections from falling merchandise on sky shelves in box box stores, here’s another story