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Big Boxes Blow: Big Boxes and Internet Doom Local Store in Redding, CA
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Monday, August 27, 2007. Big Boxes and Internet Doom Local Store in Redding, CA. There are two major threats to Mom and Pop stores across America, The Big Box and the virtual big box found on the Internet. Here is another example. Redding Christian Supply, which has sold books, music and other goods for some 30 years, suddenly closed this week. Music sales for us dropped 75 percent in the last three years," primarily because of Internet downloads, Yeager said. But not all of the store's customers were Ch...
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Big Boxes Blow: Wal-Mart Goes Public to Protest Big Box Ordinance
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Wal-Mart Goes Public to Protest Big Box Ordinance. Last week in Salinas, California, city council members passed a big box ordinance limiting big box stores from dedicating more than 5 percent of its floor space to non-taxable items like food. This ordinance would block a super Wal-Mart from moving into an empty Home Depot building. Labels: Big Box Ordinances. Wal-Mart Goes Public to Protest Big Box Ordinance. 1000 Friends of Iowa. Iowans for Better Local TV.
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Big Boxes Blow: 05/03/08
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Saturday, May 03, 2008. Georgia City Says No to Wal-Msrt. Wal-Mart announced late Thursday night that it would not build a 176,000-square-foot Supercenter at the corner of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. While every step of the stores rollout was greeted by crowds of protesters wearing red T-shirts and carrying "Stop Wal-Mart" signs, there was no indication that pressure from neighborhood group Smart Growth Gwinnett had an effect on the decision. Smart Growth's Marline San...
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Big Boxes Blow: "Tony" Orlando and A New Dawn
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Tony" Orlando and A New Dawn. Big-box rules in Orange will be lax, foes say. Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer. New big-box stores will cause major headaches for their Orange County neighbors because elected leaders caved in to industry legal threats and are poised today to pass weaker rules for the retail giants, a residents group said Monday. A majority of county commissioners said it made little sense to pass an ordinance that would go straight to court. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mic...
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Big Boxes Blow: 03/17/09
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Wal-Mart Goes Public to Protest Big Box Ordinance. Last week in Salinas, California, city council members passed a big box ordinance limiting big box stores from dedicating more than 5 percent of its floor space to non-taxable items like food. This ordinance would block a super Wal-Mart from moving into an empty Home Depot building. Labels: Big Box Ordinances. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Wal-Mart Goes Public to Protest Big Box Ordinance. 1000 Friends of Iowa.
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Big Boxes Blow: 08/27/07
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Monday, August 27, 2007. Big Boxes and Internet Doom Local Store in Redding, CA. There are two major threats to Mom and Pop stores across America, The Big Box and the virtual big box found on the Internet. Here is another example. Redding Christian Supply, which has sold books, music and other goods for some 30 years, suddenly closed this week. Music sales for us dropped 75 percent in the last three years," primarily because of Internet downloads, Yeager said. But not all of the store's customers were Ch...
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Big Boxes Blow: Any Town, Anywhere
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Friday, March 09, 2007. Any Town, Anywhere. From the East County News. The vacant parcel of land across from Madison High School on Northeast 82nd Avenue has never been a highlight of the neighborhood, but in recent months, the site has become the focal point for an increasingly common struggle going on between local communities and large-scale developers. 8211; organized to fight the proposed development – neighbors are most concerned about the rezoning effort. Labels: Big Box Development. A home for th...
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Big Boxes Blow: Georgia City Says No to Wal-Msrt
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Saturday, May 03, 2008. Georgia City Says No to Wal-Msrt. Wal-Mart announced late Thursday night that it would not build a 176,000-square-foot Supercenter at the corner of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. While every step of the stores rollout was greeted by crowds of protesters wearing red T-shirts and carrying "Stop Wal-Mart" signs, there was no indication that pressure from neighborhood group Smart Growth Gwinnett had an effect on the decision. Smart Growth's Marline San...
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Big Boxes Blow: 04/26/07
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Thursday, April 26, 2007. OshKosh Thinking Outside Big Box. It's a shame that some of Oshkosh's most disposable buildings are among its largest, the "big-box" commercial and retail cocoons that become instantly garish when vacated, their hulking shells and parking lots left to decay. On Sunday, The Northwestern. Presented a snapshot in time, spotlighting some of the most obvious vacant buildings and storefronts helping neither the city's tax base nor image. Most have no future resell or reuse in sight.
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Big Boxes Blow: Big Box Bill--Aloha Oy!!
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Thursday, April 26, 2007. Big Box Bill- Aloha Oy! From the Garden Island. Opponents addressed the benefits of new big box stores and expansions to current stores such as increased competition and lower prices. In fact, the legislation proposes to limit all retail or wholesale establishments to 75,000 square feet in resort, commercial and industrial districts through a zoning amendment. The current Wal-Mart, Kmart and Costco already exceed that size limit. Derek Kawakami said he favors the bill because it...