Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon On Rural Communities (1997)
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Ken Stone. “The leakage of retail trade from small towns has accelerated in the last two decades with the rapid proliferation of discount mass merchandiser stores in the larger towns and cities. Studies in Iowa have shown that some towns below 5,000 population have lost nearly half their retail trade in the last 13 years.”
