Wal-Mart

Walmart Talks Sustainability, But Keeps Sprawling

Walmart talks big about climate action, but its land-use strategy is anything but climate-friendly: It builds massive new stores on virgin land in sprawling areas, then abandons them in favor of still newer, still bigger stores, says Stacy Mitchell.
2 December 2011 - 7:00am
Grist

WalMart/Big Box Subsidies Don't Work, Says New Study

When governments use public money to woo national chains, economic growth and job creation aren't worth the cost, says Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Independent retailers also suffer.
12 September 2011 - 2:00pm
Business Week

Mega-Retailer Revives Effort to Move Into New York City

Wal-Mart has started a major public relations effort to try to get the public behind plans to open several of its big box retail stores in New York City.
11 January 2011 - 5:00am
The New York Times

Wal-Mart Light: Big Box Store Goes After the Urban Market

Wal-Mart announced a new "urban strategy" to move into cities that have traditionally been hostile to the big box retailer. Smaller format stores will concentrate on selling groceries, which account for about half the company's sales already.
23 September 2010 - 6:00am
American Banking & Market News

Wal-Mart Gains Foothold In Lucrative Urban Market

Wal-Mart is succeeding in convincing Chicago politicians that it will create sustainable "employment and revenue for the city." The predominantly suburban-based supercenter chain is trying to move into denser urban areas.
28 June 2010 - 5:00am
New York Times

The Big Business Behind Local Opposition to Wal-Mart

Typically thought of as a war to protect small businesses in communities from being swallowed up by a giant, the local opposition to Wal-Mart stores is often funded secretly by other major grocery chains.
9 June 2010 - 2:00pm
The Wall Street Journal

Wal-Mart Proposed Near Civil War Site Angers Historians

A proposed Wal-Mart retail center near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia has preservationists up in arms.
25 August 2009 - 11:00am
NPR

Officials Protest as Wal-Mart Encroaches on Civil War Site

Plans to build a Wal-Mart and parking lot near a historic Civil War battlefield has spurred a bi-partisan protest from Virginia's top officials.
17 July 2009 - 6:00am
The Washington Post

Study Finds Quality of Life Undamaged by Wal-Mart

The arrival of a town's new Wal-Mart is notorious for being detrimental to the community. But when it comes to social capital, obesity, leisure time, and social and political values, Wal-Mart might not be so bad after all, according to one study.
6 February 2009 - 7:00am
Miller-McCune

The Planetizen News Brief - 1/22/09


5:00 minutes (4.59 MB)

D.C.'s Inauguration Day transit boom, the transit bust in the stimulus plan, and Wal-Mart gone NIMBY, all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, a rundown of some of the most interesting and important news and issues, airing weekly on "Smart City".

22 January 2009 - 5:00am

Pro-WalMart Study Refuted

A new and widely publicized study claims that there is no evidence that Wal-Mart has had a negative impact on the small business sector. A close inspection of the study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance argues that the report is flawed.
11 December 2008 - 2:00pm
The Hometown Advantage

Wal-Mart as Engine for Local Economies?

Some Canadian communities are seeing their local economies thriving despite -- or is it because of? -- the presence of Wal-Mart.
26 October 2008 - 1:00pm
Globe and Mail

Watch WalMart Spread Across the American Landscape

Flowing Data used zip codes and other data to create an animated map showing the growth of WalMart from the first store in Arkansas in 1962 until today, when the map is covered with stores.
31 July 2008 - 12:00pm
Flowing Data

Wal-Mart To Cut Costs, Selling Local Fruits and Veggies

In an effort to reduce shipping costs, Wal-Mart is cutting its food miles and passing the savings on to customer by selling locally grown produce.
3 July 2008 - 7:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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