Toss one more set of superstore plans into the waste basket. Wal-Mart has trashed its 48th superstore since June of 2007. This time the community
Residents in Delaware, Ohio have submitted the following update on their battle with Wal-Mart: “Currently a developer has bought 20.4 acres next to our housing
WMT “is increasingly following Amazon’s lead.” The retailer had its “15th straight quarter of double-digit e-commerce growth,” after it was slow to create an online marketplace imitating AMZN. WMT owes a big debt to Jeff Bezos for lighting the way. https://t.co/deOCCLFZ3U https://t.co/yXL37byf0a
Read MoreWMT’S HALF-HOUR PLEDGE: “What we've done is basically use our 5,000 stores in the US as distribution nodes…to the the items that they want, in many cases to them in less than 30 minutes.” https://t.co/qSJOLQuVJj https://t.co/TPqc1LMaqB
Read MoreAMZN STOCK HAS FALLEN 13% in 2026. Investors worry the company’s $200 B spending on Al is a concern—but Amazon Web Services customers run large AI workloads. AMZN also has grown its Trainium & Graviton chips into a $10 B business. https://t.co/MRn45IAVKq https://t.co/GtvJIu3NH1
Read MoreThe 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.
