The affects of Wal-Mart and other big box reatailers on a community

Introduction Everyday millions of people are forced to shop for a variety of items. Many factors contribute to where a shopper will choose to go including: price, location, and versatility, and a big box retailer is able to offer the public all of these things. Big box businesses have changed the way people shop not only since weekly markets were common, but also they have changed shopping in the last ten years. Big box retail …

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