Walmart is appealing to the Supreme Court the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that the Dukes v. Walmart case can move forward as a class action lawsuit.
On September 28, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that the town of Wellsville, New York was up against a Wal-Mart.
Almost three years later, all is not well in Wellsville for Wal-Mart. Even though Wal-Mart has reduced the store size by 24%---it's still not ready to go.
Wellsville promotes itself as a lovely small town in the heart of the Allegany Hills. This town, and Wellsville Village is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, with the Genesee River flowing through it.
The urban sprawl wars continue this week, as the Chicago, Illinois City Council approved the third Walmart for the windy city, and officials in Houston threw public welfare at a Walmart superstore in the Heights neighborhood of Houston.
There's an empty parking lot in Manatee County, Florida that should have had a Wal-Mart superstore on it by now. But slow sales in the United States are putting a crimp in a number of Wal-Mart projects. In Manatee County, Wal-Mart is feeling the heat of a slowing economic outlook.
You would think by now that local officials would know not to bother reading impact studies that are paid for by big box consultants---but it's a slow learning curve.
On August 21, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart's wanted to get into Powhatan County,Virginia--and the response from neighbors was predictable.
Powhatan County has almost doubled its population since 1990. As of 2008, the population hovered around 28,000 people.
A story in today's Chicago Reader1 reveals that at least one hundred pro-Walmart "supporters" in Chicago were paid $100 to come and protest on behalf of the retail giant building in their neighborhood in front of Chicago's City Council on Thursday, June 24.
Thanks to Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, Baltimore may soon have a new living wage law for major retailers.
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