Evidence of this? Because I mean, the obvious retort would seem to be, "well then the retail could come back then?"
Like, destroying mom and pop shops so that you can just leave seems pointless? Is the idea that people in the community will just shop at a Wal-mart further away then?
These are an overview of the impact when Walmart leaves a small town [0][1]
Walmart has been downsizing it's presence in small towns for almost a decade now [2] and pivoting to global markets [3][4][5] or e-commerce [6]
[0] - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/when-wal-mart-leaves-small...
[1] - https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois-economy/2018-12-13/when...
[2] - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/business/walmart-to-close...
[3] - https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/china-embra...
[4] - https://inc42.com/resources/how-walmart-is-pivoting-its-stra...
[5] - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-ecommerce-brazil/...
[6] - https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2024/walmart-counters-ama...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happene...
Your just a hair off the mark its dollar general. And its next level fuckery there too:
https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-general-overcharging-...