Are you more likely to shop at Wal-Mart or the Bay?

"In my hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, there were three dried-goods stores - and I mean damn good dried-goods stores. All of them had been in business for well over fifty years. Then Wal-Mart came in, about thirteen miles east, and now you can't buy a pair of drawers in Grand Saline. The...

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Published in:Saturday night (Toronto, Ont. : 1963) Ont. : 1963), 2000-05, Vol.115 (4), p.22
Main Authors: Scotland, Randy, Quinn, Bill, Smith, Donna, Ingram, Jim
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Department stores
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Summary:"In my hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, there were three dried-goods stores - and I mean damn good dried-goods stores. All of them had been in business for well over fifty years. Then Wal-Mart came in, about thirteen miles east, and now you can't buy a pair of drawers in Grand Saline. The mom and pop stores are no longer in existence. It makes you want to cry. All the small towns in the U.S. have been wrecked by Wal-Mart. If they haven't done that already in Canada, they will."
ISSN:0036-4975