Wal-Mart’s Corporate Ethics
Eight years ago, three businessmen from Little Rock, Arkansas approached Wal-Mart with an idea they said could help big discount retailers improve their sales. Joe
Eight years ago, three businessmen from Little Rock, Arkansas approached Wal-Mart with an idea they said could help big discount retailers improve their sales. Joe
On September 2, 1999, Colman Herman, a 56 year old freelance writer from Boston, went to his local Home Depot and bought a few items.
Newsflash reported on January 14, 2000 (see below) that the Seminole County (Florida) Commissioners had voted 5-0 to block a Wal-Mart superstore in Sandford, near
The Mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire doesn’t want a 135,000 s.f. Home Depot in his community. Rochester Mayor Doug Lachance attended a Planning Board meeting
Companies like Wal-Mart and Home Depot frequently minimize the impact of citizen opposition on their plans, calling such opposition the work of a just a
When Wal-Mart first came to Viroqua, Wisconsin with a discount store in 1986, 7 small businesses on Main Street went under in the first six
On 12/13/99, newsflash reported the absurd plan by Wal-Mart to move its store from one side of the street, to the other. Wal-Mart hopes to
The developer of a 27 acre Northridge Crossing Shopping Center in Westerville, Ohio, withdrew his plans one year ago — but now he’s baaaaack. His
When 29 year old Sherry Haley went to her local Wal-Mart in Farmington, Maine on February 3, 1998, instead of walking out with merchandise, she
Last year (see 1/28/99 newsflash from index) we reported that a developer in Walpole, New Hampshire had accepted defeat of a Wal-Mart store with grace.
Here’s the third chapter of the infamous “Wal-Mart Butchers Meat Cutters” saga. In chapter one (see 2/22/00 newsflash), a group of meat-cutters in Jacksonville, TX
Accidents will happen, and when your business is storing thousands of gallons of hazardous materials, accidents can be serious. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency keeps
March 7, 2000 will go down in sprawl-busters chronicles as Super Money Day. Although the day will be remembered more as Super Tuesday in the
If you ever wonder why the attitude at Wal-Mart seems so cold, perhaps it’s because the company always leaves the door open. In Texas, for
With all the rapacious developers out there, why do we need publicly-supported institutions of higher education using their resources to foist Wal-Marts on an unwilling
On March 7th, Wal-Mart’s Big Money beat a citizen’s group that dared to stand in the way of a 150,000 s.f. superstore in Huntington Beach
Home Depot’s plans to build a 123,423 s.f. store on 15 acres of forested land in Wheaton, Illinois has been washed out by a flood
On February 29th, the Englewood, New Jersey Planning Board voted to ban retail outlets from the industrial section of the city, in essence a DO
On February 24 Newsflash reported that Wal-Mart Canada was voted down in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. On March 1st, the headlines read: “Second
We reported on February 22, 2000 (see newsflash below) that meat cutters at a Wal-Mart superstore in Jacksonville, Texas had voted 7-3 to accept the
City officials in many New York communities are spreading thick the corporate welfare for large scale retailers. In New Rochelle, New York, local residents are
It’s the biggest case of its kind ever pursued by the Maine Labor Department. It’s the largest number of citations and the biggest fine the
Wal-Mart likes to tell local officials “we’re a retail magnet”, we attract businesses and sales. That must have a hollow ring now in the little
Who wants to vote for a millionaire? With ballot questions facing voters in Glendora and Huntington Beach, California just a week away, the uncontrollable campaign
Residents in the small town of Merrimack, New Hampshire have good reason to feel like they got taken for a bath. Last March, the town’s
On March 26, 1998, James Michael White of Hartselle, Alabama went to his local Wal-Mart store and bought a Winchester shotgun. Thirteen days later, White
Wal-Mart is without a home in Surrey, British Columbia. As we mentioned in a February 18th entry (see newsflash below), residents in Surrey (pop. 325,000)
Kmart already has a store in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania. But the company feels the need to move from its old store to a new location
Ed Mann has Home Depot’s number — literally. The Centereach, New York businessman found himself receiving hundreds of Home Depot faxes on an almost daily
“I have always believed,” wrote Sam Walton, “that we don’t need unions at Wal-Mart.” That is apparently not a view shared by some Wal-Mart workers
On Monday, February 21, 2000, the citizens of Surrey, British Columbia have their chance to finally say how they feel about a 101,840 s.f. Wal-Mart
The swallows may be returning to the historic charm of San Juan Capistrano, but Home Depot won’t. Local residents of the Capistrano Valley Mobile Estates
Here’s a Valentine’s Day story of love gone sour. Wal-Mart came to DeLand, Florida in 1985, opening up a 65,000 s.f. store on Woodland Boulevard.
There are roughly 2,970 Wal-Marts and Sam’s Clubs in the United States. To our knowledge there is only one Wal-Mart that has more than one
Citizens have won an untimely victory in Milwaukee against a Jewel/Osco grocery and drugstore that has already been built. A state appeals court has reversed
Seventeen years ago, the city of Alamosa, Colorado had a fight over the building of a discount Wal-Mart store. An 80,000 s.f. Wal-Mart store kicked
On the afternoon of February 7, 2000, 42 year old Richard Loiacono was shot and killed in the parking lot of a new Wal-Mart supercenter
Voters in Olivette, Missouri got a chance to slam-dunk Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and Home Depot all in one shot! Voters on February 8th. went to
The lines between public and private enterprise keep getting fuzzier and fuzzier. Consider the announcement by the U.S. Mint that it would spend $40 million
Do taxpayers have to shell out of their own pocket to support the construction of more retail malls? Here’s another handout story with a high
Instead of minding the store in Tucson, Arizona, Wal-Mart has spent more time dabbling in electoral politics and courtrooms. As a result, the Merchants of
General organizing principle: Big Companies Spend Big to Win. The case of Lake Geneva, WI is just one in a string of high roller campaigns
Wal-Mart’s employee credo is based on “respect for the individual”. But sometimes Walmartians give each other a little more than just respect. At the Wal-Mart
Tom Winkopp owns a 34 acre piece of property that Wal-Mart was eyeing for a 204,000 s.f. supercenter in Clemson, South Carolina. So when Winkopp
After months of trying to hammer its way into Englewood, New Jersey, Home Depot got nailed by the ears by a Texas company that made
Alderman Sheldon Shepstone must have thought he had a great idea. We informed you on January 13, 2000 (see newsflash below), that Mr. Shepstone, after
Municipal leaders in the town of Menomonee Falls, WI have had their fill of big box stores (see 1/6/00 newsflash), but a nearby town still
After 12 years, Wal-Mart CEO David Glass has stepped down, to be replaced by Lee Scott, who has been the company’s COO for the past
Wal-Mart is like a cheap pair of underwear. They keep creeping up on you. So it is in Springfield, Oregon, where it turns out that
Hundreds of angry residents in Plano, Texas were apparently enough to stimulate Wal-Mart to go back to the drawing board and scrap plans for a