Is Wal-mart Destroying America?

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This paper considers the case of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, to determine whether the company's practices are good for the country. Specifically, the paper argues that Wal-Mart is bad for the country because it harms local businesses and changes the landscape, it is bad for workers and labor and it ultimately costs communities more than it provides.

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"After graduating from college in Missouri and thereafter gaining experience in a variety of retail store settings across Arkansas during the 1950s, Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. He established his stores locally and regionally using a variety of retail and staffing innovations and a philosophy of discount pricing and then began expanding outward in a push to locate stores nationally. Over the next three decades Wal-Mart grew to be the biggest retailer in the world, employing almost 1.5 million people and being found within driving distance of virtually every rural and suburban residential location in the United States ("Transforming America"). With its emphasis on low prices and uniform product offerings, Wal-Mart brought a consistent and affordable shopping experience to a broad range of Americans."

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