Shameless: How Wal-Mart Bullies Its Way Into Communities Across America

This special report reviews Wal-Mart’s bullying tactics through a series of local case studies.  Using highly publicized examples like Inglewood,  California and Chicago, Illinois alongside less well-known stories from cities like Stoughton, Wisconsin and Lewiston, Maine, the findings reveal patterns: Wal-Mart’s use of local front groups, their reliance on a SWAT team of corporate mouthpieces, aggressive litigation tactics, outright bait-and-switches, and a trail of broken promises.  Today, as more American communities rise to fight back against the retail giant, this report offers a strategic map of the company’s tactics. From the introduction:

"As the world’s largest corporation, Wal-Mart – with billions in its deep pockets and an insatiable need for growth – behaves shamelessly in the way it forces itself on American communities. Its aggressive bullying of American communities occurs because Wal-Mart’s growth is central to its business model; it has to grow to sustain its profits, $10 billion in 2004 alone."

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