Filed under: Economy, Home Depot, Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart Stores, Lowe's Companies Inc, Retail
Deep in the heart of Ohio, a new store is challenging the "Walmartization" of America.
What do I mean by Walmartization? For one thing, I refer to the trend toward superstores, each one alone the size of a shopping mall. It's also the goods these stores stock -- the proverbial $1 dozen-pack of tube socks, and all the other things -- from Barbie dolls to HDTVs -- adorned with the "Made in China" label. And it's the service, or rather the lack thereof: Vast expanses of retail space with nary a...
Can 'The All American Store' Reverse Our Nation's Walmartization? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-01-06T06:30:00Z.
