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Granted. But how many small retailers survive after Wal*Mart opens?That's why I don't shop at Wal*Mart and encourage as many folks to do likewise. I love this country too much to allow one retailer to call the tune for every potential entrepreneur.
Meh...I've yet to see a town with only a Wal-mart, and no other entrepreneur's business
Almost all good ones do who use the Wal-mart as an anchor store to draw customers into the area. Every Wal-mart around here is amidst a bunch of small businesses all that would probably have a much tougher time of it if the Wal-mart was not there. They have to provide products and services different than what Wal-mart offers, of course, but they need the anchor store there.
When we still lived on the mountain, I depended heavily on several businesses in a shopping center at the first exit as you come into the city. Wal-mart was the anchor store but there was a photo service, shoe store, great pizza place, dry cleaners, pet groomer, etc. all there. When Wal-mart relocated though, all those little businesses started struggling and one by one also moved elsewhere. Much to my consternation of course.
So there's always a flip side. Most small businesses can't compete with Wal-mart and would be foolish to try. But Wal-mart also provides an anchor for many other small businesses who don't directly compete with it. It isn't all negatives.