Negative impact of Walmart to the small town
... Wal-Mart is a multi-billion dollar corporation, whose annual revenue reaches heights many small countries are unable to attain. ... It is the negative impact they willingly inflict on small-town business, through the loss of local jobs, transformation of small-town business, and unfair treatment of all parties involved. ... ” At first sight, the inclusion of a new business into the growing economy of a small town seems great. ... Wal-mart is so eager to swank about the goods, and improvements it allows a town to have. As said in “Wal-Mart’s War on Main Street”, Sarah Anderson talks about the 274 jobs Wal-mart claims to be able to bring to a small community. ... It is true that once a Wal-mart is strategically placed in a town, its people do go shopping there. ... Though this may be unexpected and shocking to hear, this is the point trying to be made my small business. ... If the small-town businesses are only able to sell them at $9. ... Wal-mart understands the various problems it causes for small business, and continues to bombard small towns with its “big box” warehouses. ... ” she states that many of the small businesses in and around small towns could use the extra competition forced upon them by a new mega store like Wal-Mart. At what level, and for how long would a small-town business be able to compete and survive against a big name like Wal-Mart.