Shop the Mom-and-Pops!

Abstract: A 7 page paper written as a speech urging local consumers to shop at small local businesses rather than automatically heading to Wal-Mart or another large chain. There is no question that the presence of Wal-Mart changes the local shopping choices that now exist. That change does not have to be negative, however. It can be highly positive, beneficial for shop owners and their customers, and make valuable contribution to building and maintaining a sense of community. Local merchants will need to change some of the things they do in the course of their businesses, but those changes have been needed for some time. Having a new Wal-Mart move to town merely gives shop owners unavoidable reason for change, providing reasons for shoppers to continue to support them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Subcatagory: Miscellaneous Economic Issues

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