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Retail Chain Stores Add Economic and Social Value
June 16, 2011, 2:28pmChain retailers have historically provided more variety, cheaper products and paid better than the small Mom & Pop stores that preceeded them.
Anti-Wal-Mart Activist Is More Like the Corporate Giant Than He Thinks
WAL*OCAUST shows why we shouldn't fear innovators
April 5, 2006Inglewood Wins Ballot Initiative Against Wal-Mart
But who's the real loser?
April 28, 2004Ban Wal-Mart, Hurt Families
Ban would cost Southland families a lot of money
January 26, 2004Kmart, the Big Box, and the Role of Planning in American Cities
Focus on impacts and processes, not outcomes
March 18, 2002Big-box Retailers Have Important Regional Benefits
Community benefits from new business growth
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June 22nd, 2009 - Wal-Mart: The Happiest Place on Earth
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June 19th, 2009 - Large Corporation Gives Massive Bonuses!
Katherine Mangu-Ward
March 19th, 2009 - The New Age of Reason
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March 31st, 2008 - Big Box Panic
Michael Moynihan
January 2nd, 2008 - The Best Musical Since A Chorus Line?
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December 21st, 2007 - Workers of the World...What?
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November 2nd, 2007 - Free Drugs!
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November 1st, 2007 - More Cheap Drugs
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September 6th, 2007 - The Eighteenth Brumaire of Sam Walton
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