A while back, Gawker broke the story of a former manager suing Target as part of a series about life at the notoriously anti-union store. Since then many more employees have come forward with stories about "The sketchiest place I've ever worked." (Target Previously)
posted by The Whelk on Oct 23, 2011 - 141 comments

Big Box Mart. More info on big boxes. Some rules for shopping in big boxes. A short history of America before the big boxes arrived.
posted by thedailygrowl on Oct 15, 2005 - 38 comments

Big Box Reuse: How Communities are Re-Using the Big Box. (via, via Planetizen)
posted by shoepal on Mar 23, 2005 - 3 comments

SITE Environmental Design did some pretty cool things for now-defunct big-box retailer Best back in the '70's and early '80's. Unfortunately, all but two of their Best stores have been razed or transformed into plain boxes; and one of those is under threat. They may not have been Chartres Cathedral, but they were certainly more interesting than the standard Wal-Mart or Best Buy architecture.
posted by ukamikanasi on Apr 4, 2003 - 12 comments