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01/19/2006

Wal-Mart

According to the author, nowadays Wal-Mart has some arguments with people who live in small town. People who live in small towns do not want Wal-Mart to become bigger, because they think that they will lose their history and culture. Today Wal-Mart keeps trying to make supercenter. In addition, there are several opinions about making supercenter. Person who wants Wal-Mart to become bigger said that if a supercenter comes into a small town, it will be changed from a local to regional shopping hub. However, there are some opposite opinions. There is a group called UFF-DA Wal-Mart. They consist of people who disagree about getting bigger. In addition, recently, some cities have had displeasure with Wal-Mart. Today the number of groups that do not want Wal-Mart get bigger, is increasing. When they think about making Wal-Mart bigger, there is one more problem when they try to make a Wal-Mart in an urban area where a lot of people live. Michael Collins said it can be a different real estate game. In this situation, Wal-Mart insist on their opinion without a small store.

I disagree about making Wal-Mart bigger. I have three ideas about that.

First, making Wal-Mart bigger is a bad thing to a small market. In this article, people do not have displeasure about the small size Wal-Mart and maybe they will use a small market and Wal-Mart too. When Wal-Mart tries to make it bigger without opinions of people who live in their small market, it will be a bad thing to Wal-Mart and it can have a bad effect. Because this is the wrong way to get much income, they had better find another way for Wal-Mart and a small market.

The second one is a money problem. If they make Wal-Mart bigger in a town where there are people who disagree about Wal-Mart, actually they do not need to make it bigger. When they make it bigger and then they fail, they will just regret about their money. If they want to succeed in their work, they had better look for another way that can make people agree with their opinion.

Finally, the space problem can be one problem. Of course, if they build a second floor, it can not be a space problem. However, as we can see in the article, people will not attracted to a second floor. Therefore, they will make it on the ground and the problem of space will happen. My opinion is if they build it on the ground they need to try to figure out how they can make Wal-Mart on the ground from a small space. In addition, they also need to listen carefully about the opinion of people.

In conclusion, in my thinking the best way to solve this problem depends on how Wal-Mart can solve problem with people well. For example, it could have good service instead of making it bigger.

Reference
Kaiser, E. (2003, July 12). Some cities resisting Wal-Mart expansion. Reuters. Common Dreams News Center. Retrieved on Jan. 17, 2006. formhttp://www.commondreams.org