The Impact of Big Box Retail Chains on Small Businesses 
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[1] Kenneth E. Stone, Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities, Published in Proceedings: Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies – 1997 by Farm Foundation, Chicago, IL, p.3

[2] PR Newswire, Wal-Mart Report November Sales, December 2, 1999

[3] Edward B. Shils, The Shils Report, Measuring the Economic and

 Sociological Impact of the Mega-Retail Discount Chains on Small Enterprise in Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities, Chapter 1, Pg. 7

[4] Ibid

[5] Kenneth E. Stone, Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities, Published in Proceedings: Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies – 1997 by Farm Foundation, Chicago, IL, p.6

[6] Ibid, p.7

[7] Kenneth E. Stone, Competing with the Discount Mass Merchandisers, Iowa State University, 1995, Pg. 17

[8] Kenneth E. Stone, Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities, Published in Proceedings: Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies – 1997 by Farm Foundation, Chicago, IL, p.7

[9]  Ibid, p. 13

[10] Edward B. Shils, The Shils Report, Measuring the Economic and Sociological Impact of the Mega-Retail Discount Chain on Small Enterprise in Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities, p. 3

[11] Ibid, p. 7

[12] Ibid

[13] Billings Gazette, Heights Wal-Mart Clears its 1^st Hurdle, November 17, 1999

[14] Ellen Dunham-Jones, Sprawl: The Low-Commitment Landscape, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

[15] Kenneth E. Stone,  Impact of the Wal-Mart Phenomenon on Rural Communities, Published in Proceedings: Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies – 1997 by Farm Foundation, Chicago, IL, p.6

[16] Edward B. Shils, The Shils Report, Measuring the Economic and Sociological Impact of the Mega-Retail Discount Chain on Small Enterprise in Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities, p. 13

[17] Ibid, p. 6

[18] Ibid, p. 6

[19] Ibid, p. 20

[20] Entrepreneur Online, Survival Tips: What To Do When the Big Guys Come Town, Erika Kotite (July, 1992)

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