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Saturday, January 1, 2011
The latest battle over Walmart began a few months ago, when the world's largest retailer began its third push to breach the five boroughs with one of its big box stores. Since then, politicians, businessmen, labor unions, developers and activists have taken sides and begun launching attacks on each other.
But what of the Walmart shoppers in our midsts?
The Times took a trip to Seacaucus recently to, uh, caucus shoppers at a Walmart there who had driven in from the city to shop. In an admittedly unscientific survey, the paper asked a dozen such shoppers whether or not they would welcome a Walmart in the five boroughs, and the answer was a somewhat surprising "no" from half of them
Read More: Even Walmart Shoppers Don't Want Walmart in New York
But what of the Walmart shoppers in our midsts?
The Times took a trip to Seacaucus recently to, uh, caucus shoppers at a Walmart there who had driven in from the city to shop. In an admittedly unscientific survey, the paper asked a dozen such shoppers whether or not they would welcome a Walmart in the five boroughs, and the answer was a somewhat surprising "no" from half of them
Read More: Even Walmart Shoppers Don't Want Walmart in New York
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