Big-boxes Enter The Big Apple

K-Mart, Home Depot, and Target are now targeting New York City with their eye on expanding to other cities.

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October 21, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Big retailers known more for giant stores in suburbs are resizing stores, reformatting layouts and remixing merchandise to make it big in the Big Apple." This influx of chains could present a challenge to the urban atmosphere that has thrived on diversity and small businesses.

Thanks to John Federico

FULL STORY: Big-box stores squeeze into Big Apple

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 in Yahoo! Newswire

Community / Economic Development New York

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