E14: The Price Spreads Report, part 4 - Chain Stores

Last episode was a dive into department stores, this week is all about chain stores – think Wal-Mart, Superstore, The Brick, Home Depot, Kent. We’re going to get in the difference between chain and department stores, and how the impact of chain stores differed from the impact of department stores. Most importantly stick around to hear about the how different retail in Amherst is today compared to when I was a kid.

Show Notes

Links from today's episode:

• What Happened When Wal-Mart left Town?, The Guardian 
• What Happens When Wal-Mart Leaves a Small-Town? 
• With 269 Stores Closing, Is this the Beginning of the End for Wal-Mart, ILSR
• The Wal-Mart Effect, by C,harles Fisman
• Hamster, I know life is hard for you... blog post
• Best Buy Snaps Up Future Shop for $580 million
• Future Shop stores closed across Canada some to rebrand as Best Buy

What is Monopolies Killed My Hometown?

Do you wonder why small towns, small businesses and people seem to be falling behind and you don’t know why? Feeling helpless about whether any of us can do anything to halt the decline of the places we love? Well, we know a secret. Our society fought the same battles about 100 years ago, and small towns won.

Join Andrew Cameron, the founder of the Center for Small Town Success and small business owner, every other week as he rediscovers our Canadian Anti-Monopoly tradition. The goal is to learn how we successfully fought back against Monopolies in the 1900s so we can restore power to small towns, small businesses and individuals today.

Listen to this podcast if you want to learn more about Canadian Competition Policy and to join the Anti-Monopoly movement. #freeboswell #cdnpoli