National and International News


New Home Depot store reneges on agreement, by William Kenny, Northeast Times, ( May 17, 2007)

Clermont puts lien on Home Depot, By Robert Sargent, Orlando Sentinel, (September 14, 2006)

Chicago Orders ‘Big Box’ Stores to Raise Wage,By Erirk Eckholm,  The New York Times,( July 27, 2006)

Court Upholds Blocking of Wal-Mart Store, by Staff, Los Angeles Times |  and Wire Reports (July 5, 2006)

Marchers hit Jackson streets, By Carol Harper, Ledger-Dispatch, (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)

HARTFORD -- The state of Connecticut has struck an environmental deal with Home Depot. WFSB-TV and Lawyers and Settlements.com (June 14, 2006)

With Links to Board, Chief Saw His Pay Soar, by Julie Creswell,The New York Times,(May 24, 2006),

Hadley, Rindge Reject Big Box Stores, by Sprawl-Busters.com, (Tuesday, 23 May 2006)   

Home Depot Drops Comps GlobeSt.RETAILMay 17, 2006)

Nantucket Votes to Ban Chain Stores From Downtown, by Stacey Stowe, The New York Times, (April 12, 2006) also Nantucket Votes to Ban Chain Stores AP (April 06, 2006)

Lawsuit by Identity Theft Victim Held Corporation Accountable for Releasing Personal Financial Information from the ATLA eNews, (Tuesday, March 28, 2006) also in Home Depot makes $1 million boo-boo by David Haldane, The Seattle Times and Los Angeles Times (Sunday, February 20, 2005)

Home Depot Sees 14% Growth, by GlobeSt.RETAIL, (February 22, 2006 )

Home Depot Commits $90M for Two New Stores, by November 17, 2005)  

Home Depot skimps on gifts Corporate citizen donates, but peers are more generous, by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 15, 2005)

Wal-Mart takes city to court, The Miami Herald,(October 18, 2005)

Day Laborer Battle Runs Right Outside Home Depot, By Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times (October 10, 2005)

Home Depot unwitting star of documentary, By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, (Friday, October 7, 2005)

Film records Miami residents' battle against Home Depot, CNNMoney, (Friday, October 7, 2005)

Miramar votes against Wal-Mart at end of marathon meeting,The Miami Herald,(September 8, 2005)

300 rage against Wal-Mart,The Miami Herald,(September 8, 2005)

Plan facing final vote, The Miami Herald,(September 6, 2005)

Wal-Mart ends its appeals on Gandy, By Carrie Johnson, Mark Albright.St. Petersburg Times (Aug 12, 2005)

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes, By Matt Apuzzo, AP (June 24, 2005)

Eminent domain: A big-box bonanza?, By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money (June 23, 2005)

Eminent domain: A big-box bonanza? from The Wilderness.com, 2005

An 'infinite' opportunity for growth, By Lorrie Grant, USA TODAY, (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)

Thinking inside the big box (stores), (as published in The Miami Herald), (

St. Pete Rejects Wal-Mart Supercenter On Gandy, by Carlos Moncada, The Tampa Tribune, (June 16, 2005)

Miramar locals fight Wal-Mart plan, By Rebecca Plevin, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, (May 7, 2005)

Decision on Wal-Mart plan expected in June,The Miami Herald,(May 13, 2005)

'No sale' for Home Depot,by Caren Burmeister, The Florida Times-Union (Saturday, April 23, 2005)

Wal-Mart Goes Serfin’,by M. Kane Jeeves (sometimes credited as Ed Naha) (March 28,2005)

Wal-Mart fights town ban with divide-and-conquer, The Baltimore Sun (March 20, 2005)

Three short versions of an Associated Press story – each is different. Mercury News, The Morning News, The Sarasota Herald Tribune (March 12, 2005)

Wal-Mart hits Big Apple pothole
Opposition from critics prompts developer to drop plans for New York City's first Wal-Mart. CNN/Money
(Thursday, February 24, 2005)

Developer Drops Plan for City's First Wal-Mart, By Steve Greenhouse, The New York Times, (February 24, 2005)

Where the Working Poor Eat, by Richard Manning, AlterNet. (Posted February 23, 2005)

Wal-Mart's Big Apple 
The US Retailer Promises Jobs and Tax Revenue, But Unions Want to Keep it Out of the City
, by Christopher Grimes and Lauren Foster, Financial Times (as published in The Miami Herald), (Saturday, January 29, 2005)
 

Store Size Caps, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, (2005)

Judge Upholds Turlock Ban on Big Box Stores, News10 (KXTV – Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, California) (Wednesday, December 22, 2004)

Fire starts at Home Depot, Art Aisner The Ann Arbor  News, (November 20, 2004)

Branstiter expresses concern about possible Home Depot store for Newport Newport News-Times,        (October 01, 2004 )

Home Depot finds a home Kmart on 41st Avenue in Soquel  by Gwen Mickelson Santa Cruz Sentinel Home, (August 26, 2004 )

Home Depot acquisition of Kmart stores could leave 1,200 jobless The Detroit News,(Saturday, August 21, 2004)

BIG BOX STORES DRAIN CITY REVENUE, STUDY FINDS, The Home Town Advantage Bulletin - (February 2003)

Home Depot Still Hasn't Nailed Lowe's, Local10.com and BusinessWeek.com, (2003)

Economic Impact Analysis: A Case Study Local Merchants vs Chain Retailers  Executive Summary. by Civic Economics, December 2002. (Hosted by Austin Independent Business Alliance, Austin, Texas)

Home Depot sparks feud in the Chamber of Commerce, by Bill D'Agostino Mountain View Voice, Mountain View, (California, Friday, February 08, 2002)

Comments from Candice Shih, managing editor Mountain View Voice."There was a lot of coverage of Home Depot, including an election in March 2002, when voters rejected it from opening a store. You can search on our web site for further stories. As it stands now, Home Depot still has a lease on a property here, but that property is being taken over by a medical clinic this year."

Cole Hardware's Hotline: Hardware Wars Hardware Hotline (January 1, 2002)

Home Depot Noise Issues, By Erin Mayes,The Campbell Reporter (October 10, 2001)

Hometowns, Not Home Depot, Sprawl-Buster