Wal-Marts newest victims....................The City

[cags]

"In its continuing, relentless growth around the globe, Wal-Mart Stores has arrived at a new frontier: the city. Plans are under way to build a store in downtown Dallas much different from the typical one-level, stand-alone Wal-Mart store in front of an ocean-size parking lot. This urban Wal-Mart is on two levels, with underground parking and a storefront facade."

"These new-style Wal-Marts won’t just look different; they will also sell different products and cater to a population that may not have the luxury of a car to carry all their purchases home. The stores will stock more merchandise in easy-to-carry boxes, for instance. Their gardening centers will carry smaller plants, and the sporting goods departments will feature less outdoor sports equipment and more of the urban variety."

“In metropolitan areas, folks shop in a certain way,” Williams said. “They’re going to take those sacks on the bus with them and carry them home.”

http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct1102/page38.html

Lets all :puke:

[GreatScott]

1. Wal-Mart sucks

[TacticalPeek]

4. Amen.

"Your source for cheap plastic crap."

[applegrove]

2. There will be no stores left. There will be no competition. Just like

in the 19th Century!!

[NervousRex]

13. Yep

WalMart is the new "Company Store"

[AlCzervik]

3. Walmart is trying to build one in downtown sacramento

which is just a ridiculous idea if you've ever been to downtown. huge oppostion, hopefully it won't happen.

[TwilightZone]

5. Pardon me for saying so, but catering to a specific audience

is smart business sense. In these days of one-store-fits-all, it's surprising to see them adapting.

Wal-Mart deserves criticism for a lot of things, perhaps even most things. Catering to a specific audience, even if their stated "making things easier" intent is merely ostensive, isn't one of them.

[Frances]

7. I don't think you get it

Of course WalMart has good business plans--if you don't mind a company that locks its employees in its stores at night.

But what will happen to the mom and pop stores that cities so desperately need? Even Guiliana recognized the contributions those small entrepreneurs made to New York.

[K-W]

12. Being good at evil doesnt make you any less evil.

I dont have to give wal mart credit for the efficiency by which they profitteer off our dying economy.

[Radical Activist]

15. hehe good post. n/t

[candy]

6. God almighty,I can't stand it---They are marching to the city!

It's an invasion!!!!!

[Tux]

9. Reminds

Me of the scene from Return of the King with the orcs battering down the gates of Gondor.

"No matter what comes through that gate, you are soldiers of Gondor!"

[yankeedem]

8. Not New York City, though

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/11273/index.html
Good article about the man who drove them out of Rego Park.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

10. Thank God for that! n/t.

[all.of.me]

11. oh joy....

[Clark2008]

14. I heard a rather interesting Sam's Club ad today.

It was advertising to small businesses and said, "because you carry the weight of the economy on your shoulders."
I had to laugh, because, the small business DOES carry the weight of the tax burdeons on their shoulders since those large corporations - like Sam's Club - get all kinds of tax breaks and enticements. :eyes:
What tripe!