"Jose" wrote in message
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He must be; around most Wal-Marts, there's an influx of boutique stores
and ancillary shops such as theaters, restaurants, etc.

Little comfort if you are a hardware store, a lumberyard, or another store
with which WalMart competes.


Those stores must adapt or die. It is not that hard to compete with Wal-Mart
as a specialty store. All you have to do is provide something that Wal-Mart
cannot. That something is usually service or expertise. There is a reason
that the most expensive retail real estate in any given town is next to a
Wal-Mart.