Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores, Whole Foods, Real Estate, Retail
"Coming Soon -- Walmart!"Imagine that's what the sign on your street corner read. Did reading it fill you with hope or dread?
Over the years, a lot of consumers have had mixed reactions to the arrival of Walmart (WMT) in their neighborhood. Branded the "Bully of Bentonville," Walmart has been blamed for killing the corner store -- indeed, for laying waste to entire small-town retail marketplaces. And of course, when a big-box store drops on your block, you can be sure traffic on your local...
Where Walmart Builds, Higher Home Prices Follow originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-06-26T13:08:00Z.
