The Effects of Walmart and Other Big Box Retailers on a Community

Introduction
Everyday millions of people are forced to shop for a variety of items. Many factors contribute to where a shopper will choose to go including: price, location, and versatility, and a big box retailer is able to offer the public all of these things. Big box businesses have changed the way people shop not only since weekly markets were common, but also they have changed shopping in the last ten years. Big box retail stores can either have a positive or a negative impact on the city depending on who is arguing. …