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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.[/quote]

Both of those have storefronts? And Walmart especially has been implicated in the complete destruction of small town groceries and businesses which can't compete against their pricing.

Leaving entire communities without local retail and necessitating driving dozens of miles to the closest exit with one. In effect, driving their own towns and communities to destruction simply by removing tax revenue from the base.

https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left[/quote]

Walmart doesn't go into every small town in America. In general they don't open stores in actual small towns (sub 8, sub 10k people). Because they're not big enough to support a Walmart. So most small towns actually don't have a Walmart.

And Walmart has no effect on mall closing and middle class storefront retail closing. Look at the threads on Georgetown. Was that due to Walmart? There's empty storefronts in New York too. Was that due to Walmart?

I spent a lot of time in small towns and many of those mom and pop retailers were pretty crappy. Expensive and limited selection. I'm not a fan of Walmart because it's crappy, but customers vote with their dollars and who are you to judge them and stop them? To save a handful of crappy local retailers? Are you also crying for the branded storefronts in malls that are also closing because everyone's shopping online now?

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