On Tuesday, voters in the small town of Damariscotta, Maine, overwhelmingly approved a local law barring stores over 35,000 square feet (about the size of...
By a wide margin, the Vermont Senate endorsed a bill that would require any proposed big-box store in the state to undergo an economic and...
Voters in Frisco, Colorado, resoundingly defeated a plan to develop a Home Depot superstore. … Read More
Global retail corporations are aiming to use international trade agreements to challenge local land use and zoning regulations, according to an alarming new report from...
As the company’s misdeeds pile up in the public consciousness, it can be tempting to define the problem of Wal-Mart as one of a bad...
The City Council of Santa Maria, California, voted unanimously to deny Wal-Mart’s request to rezone land for a supercenter. … Read More
A leaked memo shows Wal-Mart plans to open or expand 484 stores in the U.S. this year, about 100 more stores than previously disclosed. Earlier...
David Morris on Energy Policy in the U.S. and Sweden – Wendy Wilde Show, Air America Minnesota … Read More
More than 300 locally owned businesses in Utah kicked off a Buy Local First campaign this week with nine days of special discounts and events....
“The practice of competing to see who will kick-back the most taxpayer money to certain mega-businesses has gotten obscene,” declared Arizona State Representative Rick Murphy,...
A look at the results of several ballot questions on big-box retail. … Read More
David Morris on health care in the U.S. and Canada – Wendy Wilde Show, Air America Minnesota … Read More
Despite an expensive PR campaign, residents of Wayland, Massachusetts, rejected a developer’s plans to build a large "town center" retail development during a special town...
The vast multitudes of empty big-box stores, darkened malls, and vacant strip shopping centers that now litter the American landscape are being commandeered by a...
Wal-Mart is increasingly looking to build giant stores in small New England villages. Residents are fighting back.… Read More