That is interesting. It seems around here business thrive because of WalMart. We are willing to pay more to avoid them for groceries, etc. And pick wise times as much as possible to visit them to avoid the herd for other staples.
And compare the number of people in a Whole Foods at any given time around here to the number of people in a WalMart. Whole Foods are wall to wall with customers.
Sprouts alone may push WalMart out of the produce/deli business.
And the JCPenneys around here are impeccably maintained. WalMarts not as well, but not bad.
Whole Foods is where the rich buy their Arugula, and I gave up on Sprouts years ago, those are part of the variety available to the more well off public, Walmart is still our favorite.
We have a JC Penny store and a Sears at the Mall in the town 20 miles from our small town. Both are dumps. You go into Sears and it looks like a going out of business sale. Nothing on the few racks they have. You cannot purchase a man’s sports jacket in it because there are none. The womens ware has 100 times more than the mens. If not for the tools, lawn equipment, the store would be empty. I have heard that Sears may shut the store because of its lack of business. JCPenny has done poorly around here since the homo took over running it, and has changed their pricing system. People around here said the heck with Pennys and don’t go there. There is a Belks store. It does very well.