Would Ending Wholesale Bulk Discounts Save Small Business and Help the Economy??

[ttwtt78640]

Uh, no they don't. I can attest to that. Those stores are expensive and are plopped in the middle of highly populated areas with a high draw, usually in some gigantic mall. Thanks!!

Yep, and “the burbs“ offer sufficient population. No (actual indoor) shopping malls that I have seen include stores selling lumber or hardware, although some consider clusters of adjacent stores sharing a common parking area to be “strip malls”.

 

[Logophile]

Yep, and “the burbs“ offer sufficient population. No (actual indoor) shopping malls that I have seen include stores selling lumber or hardware, although some consider clusters of adjacent stores sharing a common parking area to be “strip malls”.

Actually, the "burbs" have to be very densely populated and have a huge shopping hub. Home Depot likes to go in with other big anchors like Wal-mart, and then all the Petcos, Ikeas, tire stores, mattress stores, fast food joints, etc. surround them. These hubs are generally tucked in pretty close to a city of some scale, where the burbs are practically an extension. But they need to have lots of room for those giant parking lots. Thanks!!

 

[The Work Outing]

Giant corporations seem to be the backbone of America, but in reality, it is small businesses that have kept us afloat. The Wal-marts of this world have an unfair advantage because of their buying power. They are able to buy at huge discounts which small businesses are not able to do, hence Wal-marts easily put them out of business. I would argue that wholesale bulk discounts are a form of discrimination, and should be illegal. I'm not a proponent of much government interference, but given the rapid decline of local businesses, I think it's justified. And I think it would be an enormous boon to the economy. What do you think?? Thanks!!

I think - no offense - that this is an absolutely, ridiculous idea.

You are proposing to take steps to make the cost of living, much more expensive for poor Americans?
Do you know how many MILLIONS of Americans depend on Walmart's cheap prices?

Look at Kraft Dinner? A welfare staple.

Robot or human?

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At Safeway? It regularly costs $1.29.
It would surely cost more at a Ma and Pa store.
At Walmart?
It costs 98 cents.
And it's Great Value version costs only 34 cents!!

This is your idea?
To deliberately make staples FAR more expensive for low income Americans?

Have you seen the inflation rate lately?
And you want to make it even worse?

You obviously do not know many poor/low income people and/or do not care about the poor.