And as Wal-Mart continues to expand, other cities may well pass similar big-box laws.
An eBay official said the company is fighting an uphill battle given the big-box retailers' resources.
Is it so hard to picture this migration: Big-box to small-box, to no-box at all?
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The provision is expected to provide millions of dollars to big-box stores like Walmart.
Kalin rejects that path, noting that big-box stores like Best Buy liquidate their overstock on eBay.
History says that gas hikes always hurt Wal-Mart (and other big-box stores such as Lowe's).
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To be sure, Wal-Mart and Target, two other massive big-box retailers, face this problem.
It declined as big-box discount stores opened nearby and a series of gang-related shootings scared away customers.
The company will have competition when it arrives, as India already has at least two big-box housewares retailers.
The big-box retailer also inked substantially lower costs than when it last tapped those tenors two years ago.
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Wal-Mart, the pioneer of the big-box retail format, is seeing a steady rise in its number of U.S. stores.
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In September, it allowed big-box, multi-brand retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
They make it harder to knock down buildings and put in big-box retailers.
The broader supermarket industry has been facing growing competition from big-box retailers such as Target, drugstore chains and dollar stores.
And it takes a key asset of Best Buy to a well-trafficked discounter when its own big-box stores are undershopped.
Yet the chain's selling woes continued against the tough competition of big-box outlets Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart Stores.
While the U.S. trends toward big-box retail and mixed-use centers for shopping and living, Asia is putting up bigger, glitzier malls than ever.
Target and other big-box retailers say they're responding to consumer demands as best they can -- with employees in mind.
You won't find many category killers in Japan, since its Large-Scale Retail Store Law still limits the advance of big-box stores.
We can imagine big-box electronics companies using their cavernous stores to host gaming tournaments, local DJs shows, or Sunday football parties.
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Best Buy is carving out prime real estate near the front of its big-box stores to create boutiques operated by Samsung.
Apps such as Key Ring and CardStar let you store the information for grocery stores, pharmacies, big-box retailers and other stores.
The rise of big-box retailers, be they discounters or swollen supermarkets and drugstores, has given store chains the heft to bypass wholesalers.
Remember to use coupons at big-box stores like Target and Wal-Mart too.
Big-box jewelry brands like Alukkas have less than 8% of the market.
Analysts say businesses like Dollar Tree and Dollar General have positioned themselves to draw shoppers from grocery stores and big-box retailers.
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Big-box retailer Target reported its second-quarter sales jumped 14.3% to 92 cents per share, in line with expectations despite weaker-than-expected sales, thanks to cost-cutting.
Coca-Cola ( KO - news - people )'s latest mission is to prepare India's mom-and-pop retailers to take on big-box stores.
Merrill Lynch is already predicting a lackluster season for big-box discounters Wal-Mart Stores and Target, whose sheer size makes it difficult to drive year-over-year sales.
But Fairway is looking to expand at a time when the supermarket industry is facing greater competition from big-box retailers, drugstores and even dollar stores.
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