Is Wal-Mart the main street merchant of doom or the bitter rivalry of smaller business owners? In 1962, when Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas, he was convinced that consumers would enjoy a discount store that offered a wide selection of merchandise, with everyday low prices, and personal, friendly service. Sam Walton, a leader with an innovative vision, led Wal-Mart forward for thirty years creating the global powerhouse that it is today, in the retail industry. Many people claim that Wal-Mart practices "bully-like" business strategies when it moves in to town and eventually runs most of the smaller retail businesses out of business. However, in today's society, America is the land of the free and people can choose to establish free enterprise businesses that may or may not conflict with other businesses. .
During the early years of Wal-Mart's business growth plan; it began expanding into smaller rural communities where the people were tired of dealing with the local price-fixing merchants. The local "mom and pop" and main street stores could not compete with the low prices that Wal-Mart offered to its consumers, therefore Wal-Mart's expansion forced many smaller companies to close their doors forever. Not all of those jobs left the community; Wal-Mart now employs some of the workers that lost their jobs. Today, Wal-Mart employs over one million people worldwide, which makes it the largest employer in the world. This also gives Wal-Mart the power that most small business owners could only dream of - purchasing power. With the amount of goods that Wal-Mart purchases from its wholesalers, it can ensure that the wholesalers provide them the lowest prices possible, which enables Wal-Mart to sell the same products to consumers, as its competitors, but at a lower price.
Recent efforts to deny Wal-Mart building and development permits have increased, throughout the United States, over the last several years.
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