{"id":95235,"date":"2009-03-23T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=95235"},"modified":"2009-03-23T11:50:29","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T11:50:29","slug":"article_17349","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_17349\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Confirms Wal-Mart&#8217;s Entry into Communities Has Detrimental Impact on Variety of Local Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.walmartwatch.com\/page\/m2\/3022884f\/4c071adc\/2ff8be01\/32790d1f\/3114896362\/VEsHBA\/\">When<br \/>\nWal-Mart Enters: Retailer Reactions and Sales Outcomes [Marketing Science<br \/>\nInstitute]<br \/><\/a>Prior research into the impact that Wal-Mart\u0080\u0099s entry has on<br \/>\nincumbent retailers has focused mainly on the incumbent retailers\u0080\u0099 sales and<br \/>\nother outcome measures. Little is known, however, about how incumbent retailers<br \/>\nadapt their marketing mix activities in reaction to the Wal-Mart<br \/>\nentry.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.walmartwatch.com\/page\/m2\/3022884f\/4c071adc\/2ff8be01\/32790d60\/3114896362\/VEsHBw\/\">Wal-Mart<br \/>\ncould undercut sales of major brands [Daily Finance]<br \/><\/a>Costco has a large<br \/>\nline of private label products. People who do not want to buy name-brand<br \/>\nproducts and pay the premiums can buy similar products created for Costco and<br \/>\nbuy them at a substantial discount. The trend is moving to Wal-Mart (WMT) and,<br \/>\nbecause of its size, the move could cost premium product producers a lot of<br \/>\nsales.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.walmartwatch.com\/page\/m2\/3022884f\/4c071adc\/2ff8be01\/32790d61\/3114896362\/VEsHBg\/\">How<br \/>\nTo Compete With Wal-Mart? Don&#8217;t Try [U.S. News &amp; World Report Risky Business<br \/>\nBlog]<br \/><\/a>Via Independent Street, I see a new study on how Wal-Mart affects<br \/>\nsmall retailers.\u00a0 The study found that when Wal-Mart comes into town, local mass<br \/>\nmerchandisers, supermarkets and drug stores all see significant sales declines.<br \/>\nFor supermarkets, cutting prices only &#8220;mitigates&#8221; the harm, and doesn&#8217;t work at<br \/>\nall for mass merchandisers and drug stores, the study found.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.walmartwatch.com\/page\/m2\/3022884f\/4c071adc\/2ff8be01\/32790d62\/3114896362\/VEsHAQ\/\">Attention<br \/>\nGrocers: Zag Where Wal-Mart Zigs [The Big Money Blog]<br \/><\/a>Attention grocers:<br \/>\nIf Wal-Mart opens a store near yours, don&#8217;t try to copy it by lowering your<br \/>\nprices. It won&#8217;t help, and it may hurt, according to a new study.<br style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Wal-Mart Enters: Retailer Reactions and Sales Outcomes [Marketing Science Institute]Prior research into the impact that Wal-Mart\u0080\u0099s entry has on incumbent retailers has focused mainly on the incumbent retailers\u0080\u0099 sales and other outcome measures. 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