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)
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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
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:
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
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
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.
Court Rejects Wal-Mart Plan for the Second Time
July 25, 2012
On April 25, 1999, Sprawl-Busters reported that the Mayor of Mount Holly, New Jersey was concerned about the proposed building of a 137,000 s.f. Wal-Mart
City Considers Giving $5 Million Welfare Subsidy To Wal-Mart
July 22, 2012
The nickame for the city of Bryan, Texas is “The Good Life, Texas Style.” Naturally, people in Texas want big stores to cater to their
Big Wal-Mart Kills Off Little Wal-Mart
July 22, 2012
For years, Wal-Mart’s policy of over-saturating a trade area with stores has caused the company to cannibalize its own stores. This is no great surprise
City Trades Up on Dead Wal-Mart
July 14, 2012
Dead Wal-Marts — those stores which have been left empty by the giant retailer — are often hard to dispose of. Some “dark stores” as
The Honolulu City Council has delayed a vote to rezone a 14 acre parcel of city owned land in Pearl ?
July 10, 2012
The Honolulu City Council has delayed a vote to rezone a 14 acre parcel of city owned land in Pearl City to make way for
Wal-Mart Cannibalizes Area With Another Superstore
July 7, 2012
“I really don’t understand,” one reader told The Aegis newspaper, “why we need yet another Wal-Mart? I can drive to the Bel Air Road one
Citizens Respond to Wal-Mart Grocery With a Lawsuit
June 27, 2012
Angry residents of Hawthorne, New Jersey have decided to take legal action to try to block a Wal-Mart grocery store that they don’t want. The
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market Upsets Neighborhood
June 24, 2012
Residents in Altadena, California are riled up over plans revealed late last week that Wal-Mart wants to construct a 28,000 s.f. Neighborhood Market in this
Wal-Mart Folds Plans In Two More Communities
June 16, 2012
Wal-Mart dropped plans this week to build stores in two suburban Boston, Massachusetts communities. In Somerville, a proposed grocery store has been scrapped, and in
Shoplifting Is A Capital Offense At Wal-Mart
June 10, 2012
Several hundred million people shop at Wal-Mart stores every year, so its no big deal that every once in a while someone gets killed there
Newspaper Calls For Boycott of Unsanitary Wal-Mart
June 10, 2012
The small town of Thompson, NY (pop. 15,400) , nestled in the Sullivan County Catskills, describes itself as a “full service community in a rural
Wal-Mart Buys Workers Justin Timberlake In A Grass Skirt
June 4, 2012
I’m exhausted from Wal-Mart’s 50th birthday bash held in Fayetteville, Arkansas last Friday for shareholders like me. Reuters described it as an “upbeat event,” but
Pension Funds Gang Up On Wal-Mart Board
May 29, 2012
With Wal-Mart getting ready to throw a big party for its 50th birthday this week, pension funds from across the county are defying the corporation’s
Wal-Mart Loves That Dirty Water
May 14, 2012
In a 2008 “sustainability” report, Wal-Mart boasted that it could convert “brownfield” building sites into an environmental bonus. “Selecting ‘brownfield’ sites for stores is another
Judge Rules Against Wal-Mart Superstore
May 12, 2012
Once again, local citizens have demonstrated that you can fight Wal-Mart — and win. On June 18, 2011, Sprawl-Busters reported that another community had found
Trouble in Home Depot’s Hometown
May 12, 2012
Who would know Home Depot better than the residents of Atlanta, the company’s hometown. Despite Agent Orange’s hometown feeling, residents are fighting hammer and nail
Citizens Celebrate Wal-Mart Withdrawal
April 10, 2012
In March of 2009, it looked like Wal-Mart was on its way to building a superstore in Exeter, Pennsylvania. Residents in this small borough, population
