Wal-Mart Scrubs Plans For Neighborhood Market
March 21, 2013
On June 27, 2012, Sprawl-Busters reported that residents in Hawthorne, New Jersey had taken legal action to block a proposed Wal-Mart grocery store. Roughly 10
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Citizens Take Proposed Wal-Mart Superstore To Court
March 17, 2013
By not being able to work with local citizens, Wal-Mart once again finds itself heading to court instead of heading to a ribbon-cutting. This time
Discrimination at Wal-Mart
March 10, 2013
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has “delivered” a verdict against Wal-Mart in the case of a pregnant woman who claimed that the company
In Home Depot’s attempts to find the perfect spot to lcoate in Wichita, KS, they chose a site locate?
March 6, 2013
In Home Depot’s attempts to find the perfect spot to lcoate in Wichita, KS, they chose a site located on an existing water-slide park. The
Wal-Mart Abandons Superstore Plans
March 2, 2013
Neighbors in the small community of Seekonk, Massachusetts were caught by surprise this week when they learned that the Wal-Mart they had been fighting since
Wal-Mart Gets Huge Tax Subsidy, Anti-Wal-Mart Mayor Threatened With Recall
March 2, 2013
In early May of 2012, the Mayor of Ellisville, Missouri chastized his fellow City Council members when they voted to give a Wal-Mart developer a
“Protesting Like Crazy” Gets Walgreen’s To Add A Grocery Store
February 25, 2013
What started off last summer as another unwanted corner drugstore, has turned into a project the community can feel better about. In early July, 2012,
Dentist Sues Wal-Mart For Stealing His In-Store Clinic Idea
February 11, 2013
Ask almost anyone who has sued Wal-Mart over the past half century, and they will tell you that getting justice out of the giant retailer
Wal-Mart Threatens City To Get $1.75 Million Tax Break
February 10, 2013
Facing the threat of Wal-Mart moving out of the city, the Naperville, Illinois City Council has voted to give the giant retailer a $1.75 million
Wal-Mart Suffers Second Rejection
February 8, 2013
What Wal-Mart can’t get by regulation, it tries to win by litigation. On May 22, 2008, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart had been rejected twice in
Wal-Mart Loses Vote To Tear Down Church
February 2, 2013
This week anti-sprawl activists in Southfield, Michigan sent word of their defeat over the world’s largest retailer on a controversial piece of property that was
Home Depot Caught Up In Bribery Scandal
January 27, 2013
Home improvement giant Home Depot was linked to a bribery scheme with former New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Ray Nagin in mid January that surprised even
Wal-Mart Discovers “Made in America”–Again.
January 26, 2013
The giant S.S. Wal-Mart is finally steaming home. After decades of sourcing goods from foreign ports, Wal-Mart has discovered America — manufacturing, that is. In
Governor Takes Heat For Warming Up To Wal-Mart
January 19, 2013
On January 16, 2013, the Associated Press reported that Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin of the Green Mountain State of Vermont had stunned environmentalists by touting
Neighborhood Doesn’t Want Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Market
January 15, 2013
According to Channel 10 TV news in Tampa, Florida, Wal-Mart has a new fight on its hands in the unincorporated community of Carrollwood in Hillsborough
Wal-Mart Developer Returns Seeking A $15 Million Tax Break
January 8, 2013
About two and a half years ago, Wal-Mart and a developer tried to rush the city of Shrewsbury, Missouri into approving a $15 million public
WalMart Returns To Same Land Where It Lost 9 Years Ago
January 6, 2013
If at first you don’t succeed, submit your Wal-Mart plan again. Wal-Mart has shaken off defeat in Hillsboro, Oregon, and returned to the city with
Neighbors Say Wal-Mart Store Is Not Legally Zoned
January 3, 2013
Activists in Sarasota, Florida are battling to prevent the construction of a 98,000 s.f. Wal-Mart store on Ringling Boulevard. The Alta Vista Neighborhood Association (AVNA)
City Donates $650,000 To Get Wal-Mart Store
December 31, 2012
Cottage Grove, Minnesota is a city of roughly 35,000 people and 5 Wal-Marts within 15 miles, including two superstores. The motto of the city is:
Home Depot Delays the Game
December 31, 2012
Since April, Home Depot has been forced to delay votes at the Wheaton City Council, having already had two strikes against them in lower boards
The Wal-Martyrs of Mexican Bribery
December 27, 2012
Anti-Wal-Mart activists in Mexico have walked a more dangerous line than those of us in America. They have learned that that the truth will not
Meijer’s, the mid-west discount chain store wants to build a 215,000 s.f. superstore on 33 acres of ?
December 23, 2012
Meijer’s, the mid-west discount chain store wants to build a 215,000 s.f. superstore on 33 acres of land in St.Charles, IL. The Mayor thinks the
Wal-Mart Gives Town A Big Gift: We Are Not Coming
December 15, 2012
Here’s a Christmas story with a happy ending. It’s a story about a big gift that nobody wanted. On November 21, 2011, Sprawl-Buster’s received a
Suspected Shoplifter Choked To Death In Wal-Mart Parking Lot
December 9, 2012
Buried in the recent news about Wal-Mart and Black Friday controversies, was the story out of Lithonia, Georgia, where another “suspected” shoplifter ended up paying
Black Friday Activists Forced To Leave Wal-Mart Premises
November 23, 2012
The Wal-Mart superstore in the tiny town of Hinsdale, New Hampshire was open to the public on Black Friday, but not to everyone in the
After 19 Year Battle, Wal-Mart Breaks Ground
November 23, 2012
One of the longest running citizen battles against Wal-Mart reached another milestone this month. A developer has broken ground in the town of St.Albans, Vermont.
Pushed Over the Fiscal Cliff By Wal-Mart
November 19, 2012
Was it Bill Clinton who inserted Wal-Mart on President Obama’s short list for Fiscal Cliff discussions at the White House recently? Clinton promotes Wal-Mart CEO
Wal-Mart Still Engaged In 10 Year Battle
November 11, 2012
Wal-Mart has suffered through ten years and three separate lawsuits in Red Bluff, California, and still has not been able to clear all the legal
We’ll Take Wal-Mart’s money, but we don’t want your store
November 10, 2012
Wal-Mart announced roughly five months ago that it was withdrawing its proposal to build a store in the Assembly Square neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a
Home Depot Forced to Shut Down Chinese Stores
November 4, 2012
Home Depot has learned the hard way about Chinese take out. And the mistakes it made in this foreign market will cost its investors millions,
Shopper Assaulted Over Wal-Mart Pumpkin
October 30, 2012
Rockey Carter is asking Wal-Mart for an apology. But he is unlikely to get one. On October 16th, Carter was shopping at a Wal-Mart in
Wal-Mart Pulls Out of Neighborhood Market Plan
October 28, 2012
Residents in Denver, Colorado are celebrating what one neighbor called a real victory for the E. 9th Ave and Colorado Boulevard neighborhood. A proposed Wal-Mart
Citizens Put Wal-Mart On November Ballot
October 20, 2012
A proposal for a Wal-Mart supercenter in Lorain, Ohio has just been put on ice for the next five months. A group of residents who
Battle Over Wal-Mart Likely in Battle Ground
October 14, 2012
Wal-Mart should have known what it was getting into just by the name of the town: Battle Ground. This week Sprawl-Busters received word from residents
Wal-Mart Calls Workers’ Strike a ‘Rally’
October 6, 2012
On October 4, 2012, workers at a Wal-Mart store in Pico Rivera, California, and eight other stores in the Los Angeles area, walked off the
Warehouse Workers Continue Labor Practices Protests Against Wal-Mart
October 2, 2012
Wal-Mart warehouse workers in Southern California may have gone back to their temp jobs, but the revolt of warehouse employees has spread to other states.
Wal-Mart Temp Workers At Warehouses Win Safer Job Conditions
September 30, 2012
Wal-Mart uses predominantly temporary workers to do its heavy lifing at its warehouses in Americ and around the world. These workers wemt on strike recently
Wal-Mart in Libya? Don’t Bet Your Hog Futures On It.
September 30, 2012
At the heart of American arrogance is the notion that what we have in this country is what the rest of the world needs —
Legal Battle Over Wal-Mart Now In 5th Year
September 22, 2012
For the past 5 years, residents of Ceres, California have been engaged in a marathon battle against Wal-Mart. That prolonged fight is certainly not what
Wal-Mart Suffers Initial Setback
September 22, 2012
The “Don’t Box The Neck” citizen’s group in Pawleys Island, South Carolina reports this week that developers have lost the first round of a battle
Wal-Mart Loses A Second Site in New York
September 17, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reported on September 14th that Wal-Mart lost a shot at being part of a huge development in Brooklyn, New York —
Biomedical Scientist Loses Job Over Wal-Mart, Costco Protests
September 16, 2012
In April of 2004, Dr. Jaime Lagunez Otero, a highly regarded biologist and human rights activist working at the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM)
Wal-Mart Abandons Another Proposed Store
September 14, 2012
The village of Elmwood Park, Wisconsin has the distinction of being the last small village in the state to incorporate in 1960. Elmwood Park became
Local Residents Beat Back A Sam’s Club
September 12, 2012
The standoff in Milwaukee, Wisconsin between a Wal-Mart Sam’s Club and local residents is over. And local residents won. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today
Dead Wal-Mart Now A Revenue Zero Library
September 2, 2012
If you want to buy an abandoned Wal-Mart, the state of Texas always has a good supply of what the retailer calls “dark stores.” These
Activists Vow To Boycott Proposed Wal-Mart
September 1, 2012
West Covina is a California community with around 112,000 residents. The city’s stated mission is to “strive to be a balanced and economically viable community.”
Six Year Battle Against Wal-Mart Heads To Court
August 17, 2012
Since 2006, Sprawl-Busters has posted 13 stories about the citizens’ battle in Atascadero, California to keep out a Wal-Mart superstore. The group “Save Atasacadero” has
Wal-Mart Discloses “Nada” In Mexigate Bribery Probe
August 17, 2012
Nearly four months after the Wal-Mart Mexican bribery case landed on the retailer’s plate like a PR hot tamale, two leading members of U.S. Congressional
Developer says No Wal-Mart, Never
August 12, 2012
Willets Point, a neighborhood within Corona, in the New York City borough of Queens, has been the target of many redevelopment dreams over the years.
Wal-Mart Has More Problems With Expired Infant Formula
August 12, 2012
In October of 2010, Wal-Mart paid $775,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of New Jersey over the retailer’s selling of infant formula