Jose wrote:

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.

Then they deserve to die. Big front page story in our local Sunday
paper about three weeks ago about the local Ace hardware that is buying
the building left vacant by the Albertson grocery store. This place has
four times the floor space that they currently have now. They are
currently one block from Wal Mart and are moving across the street from
Wal Mart. Wal Mart has basic hardware, if you are a hardware store and
can't compete with Wal Mart then you should go out of business.
A lumberyard? Have you ever been to a Wal Mart? I defy you to walk
out of a Wal Mart with a 2x4 that you bought. And why all this
animosity toward Wal Mart? My wife gets most of our groceries from
Costco, they were here long before Wal Mart. They're both cheaper
overall than the grocery store. Why would I spend more money for the
same product?