???The more the better, I guess.??? That???s the kind of mindless land use mentality that explains why communities across America let Wal-Mart build super-fluous stores
Not content with merely provoking neighborhood uproar on the ground, now the Rite Aid Corporation has taken to the unfriendly skies. Residents in the states
On July 30th. we narrated the story of the town of Woolwich, Ontario, where local officials, by one vote, gave Wal-Mart a green light to
Target, a division of Dayton Hudson, wants to build a 122,000 s.f. store in the city of Northfield, MN. Or does it? City officials were
An update to our July 30th entry about Wal-Mart’s multi-year efforts to get into this California town. A Placer County Superior Court Judge ruled on
Wal-Mart is a 3 time loser in this small Indiana community. Last February, Wal-Mart approached the New Albany Plan Commission with a proposal to construct
Here’s one lesson they won’t teach in Warrenton, Virginia schools: In July the town’s Board of Supervisors narrowly voted 3-2 to extend town water and
Wal-Mart boasts in its employee’s handbook that the company is “constantly seeking more items to convert from foreign sources to American manufacturers. We prefer to
In a July 30, 1998 showcase of Wal-Mart stock, the Motley Fool reviews how Wal-Mart stock managed to double within the last year. As of
On April 5, 1998 in Newflash (see below) we reported on an attempt by the Benderson Development Corp, one of the largest mall developers in
Rite Aid must not have the rite stuff. One of the nation’s largest drug (convenience) store chains, Rite Aid has increasingly run into the wrong
Myths tend to grow larger the more frequently they are repeated. On January 2nd, CBS Marketwatch reported that “Wal-Mart, the Number 1 private sector job
On March 25, 1998 (see below) we told you about the toywars between the Teletubbies and Wal-Mart’s knock-offs, known as the Bubbly Chubbies. Wal-Mart admitted
Wal-Mart CEO David Glass is cashing in. At least, he’s selling off 200,000 shares of Wal-Mart common stock, worth roughly $9.4 million. That represents about
Fortune magazine’s Top Ten Billionaire’s Club released this week has 5 Walton family members clustered in a tie at number 4 on the list. Matriarch
Sometimes we “outgrow” our stores, says Wal-Mart Realty. That’s the retail understatement of the year. It turns out that Wal-Mart changes stores as casually as
To give you a sense of Wal-Mart’s unprecedented size, consider the following information, based on Fortune magazine’s 500 Biggest Corporations. Wal-Mart had revenues of $287.9
The As You Sow Foundation has sent Sprawl-Busters the following account of the group’s activity at the recent Wal-Mart Annual Meeting in Arkansas: “A shareholder
A developer in Glasgow, Delaware has signed a contract to develop the Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange) to place 232 houses and
Call them the “working uninsured”. They are the greeters and baggers and stockboys of Wal-Mart, where “full time job” is defined at 28 hours a
Wal-Mart corporate issued a press release about a month ago, touting its “first-of-its-kind” program that will offer its employees free health coverage for such catastrophic
The Wal-Mart corporation is like the guy who buys a huge SUV and drives it proudly into his driveway — only to find that the
It’s been called the “feminization of poverty.” Many of the low wage jobs in retailing are filled by women. This week, Wal-Mart, under pressure from
You say you got a great deal on a Tommy Hilfiger T-shirt from the Wal-Mart cyberstore on the internet? Hold on, shoppers. Those Hilfiger socks
As of February 1, 2002, Wal-Mart had 3,190 stores in the United States, including discount stores, supercenters, warehouse clubs, and neighborhood markets. But that’s not
The media this week carried stories of how the “poor” heirs of Sam Walton had fallen from Forbes magazine’s list of the 10 richest people
According to the Catholic News Service, church groups that hold stock in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are pushing once again for the company to revamp its
Home Depot is washed out in Waukesha. A Waukesha County Circuit Judge has upheld a decision by the Waukesha Board of Zoning Appeals that rejected
Slumping sales at big box retailers, including negative “same store sales” growth at Home Depot, have emboldened companies like Wal-Mart and Home Depot to try
A cashier working at Wal-Mart for $7.50 an hour should not ask for a raise. She should ask instead to be put on the Wal-Mart
“For once, let us have some say as to what gets built in our neighborhood,” pleaded Menomonee Falls, WI resident Mike Rusnak, testifying against plans
This week, Wal-Mart President and CEO Mike Duke told the Arkansas Morning News, “We have a lot to be thankful for this year.” Compared to
Much of the debate over health care costs at Wal-Mart have focused on younger workers and their families. But what about those workers who actually
Only Uncle Sam employs more people in America than Mr.Sam. Wal-Mart now boasts that by next year at this time it will have one million
Here’s a Wal-Mart factoid for you: According to the Wal-Mart Associate Handbook “a full-time associate is one who regularly works at least 28 hours per
You are what you tweet. And blog. And post. It’s part of your social genome. According to a statement from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, he
If there is a teaching moment for economic injustice — Wal-Mart is it. This enormous corporation has been built upon the backs of the 99%
Wal-Mart is sending off its former number 2 man without his lucrative retirement agreement. Tom Coughlin, the company’s former Vice Chairman of the Board Directors,
A new report from the National Priorities Project and Jobs With Justice says that the typical clerk at a Wal-Mart would have to work 312
Blow out the candles on the cake. Better yet, blow away the whole cake! According to an article in the July 2, 2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Wal-Mart Stores has released a “Factory Certification Report” for the period March, 2003 to February, 2004. In this report, Wal-Mart admits that nearly 80% of
Wal-Mart indicated this week that the company hopes to open up to 55 new discount stores, and 230 supercenters in the fiscal year that starts
Sprawl-Busters has done its third annual scan of “available” Wal-Mart buildings, The unused buildings have been called the “empty box syndrome” by the media, and
Wal-Mart stores: now you see them, now you don’t. Ever wonder who makes those horrendous decisons to locate a Wal-Mart on residential land, or one
The once limitless internet is growing tighter. This week Wal-Mart and America On Line jointly announced a “wide-ranging strategic alliance” to provide internet users with
As reported earlier this week, Wal-Mart pulled out all the stops in a big-ticket advertising campaign in 15 newspapers across California. The media splash was
The largest corporate takeover of Medicare begins today, as millions of Medicare beneficiaries begin coverage under the newly-privatized Medicare Part D drug plan. For those
Last November, Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes published a telephone poll which surveyed a random sample of 1,097 Americans. When given a choice of 5
Sometimes the cover up is worse than the crime itself. This week’s revelations of Wal-Mart’s alleged attempts to hide widespread bribery of Mexican officials is
Want to buy an empty Wal-Mart? Want to buy 333 empty Wal-Marts? There’s all that — and more — on the marketplace today, according to
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.