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...
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
On a 4-2 vote, the City Council in Port Townsend, a community of about 8,500 people on the northwest coast of Washington state, approved an...
Local business owners across the country are coming to the aid of their counterparts in the Gulf Coast by establishing funds to provide direct assistance...
Just one month after its abrupt closing, Kepler’s Books and Magazines in Menlo Park, California, has reopened thanks to an outpouring of support from the...
In an effort to create more capital for local business loans and community development, the city of Santa Cruz, California, has shifted nearly $600,000 in...
A new study has concluded that additional chain retail expansion on Cape Cod would undermine the region’s economy. … Read More
David Morris speaking on John Roberts and the Supreme Court during Wendy Wilde Show, Air America Minnesota … Read More