Summary
The photograph in the Bangor Daily News' Jan. 12 issue of the demolition of the former Wal-Mart store in Bangor highlights a disconcerting reality of modern retail economics. The notion of disposable buildings, of tossing the empty big box on the rubbish heap just 17 years after it was built, is offensive to many Mainers with our long-held Yankee frugality.
Wal-Mart is a convenient target for those who hate the big-box trend in retail. The company's decision to walk away from one store site in Bangor in favor of another that accommodated a Supercenter reinforces what many don't like about the world's largest retailer, but it is far from alone in this trend.See the full content of this document
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Disposable Retail
Wal-Mart also can be seen as successfully pioneering an emerging trend in retail - the consolidatio...
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