Wal-Mart sees New York City as the last retail frontier to conquer.  It tried opening its first NYC store in Rego Park, Queens but that effort failed due to pressure from the Neighborhood Retail Alliance, labor unions, community groups and other concerned stakeholders.  Now Wal-Mart has Staten Island in its crosshairs, announcing two planned stores, one on the North Shore in Mariner's Harbor and another on the South Shore in Richmond Valley.  Go here for additional articles about Wal-Mart in NYC.

When Wal-Mart enters a town undeniably harms small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.  Not only does the company sell numerous types of goods (a list that is sure to grow), it often prices them below cost in order to drive out local competition.  We believe that independent storeowners are vital to the economic wellbeing and quality of life of all neighborhoods and that their potential destruction by Wal-Mart needs to be countered.   For more information, click here to view our Wal-Mart and Small Business fact sheet or here to view relevant articles.

Many community around the country are concerned by Wal-Mart's tremendous traffic.  Adding to the worry is that Wal-Mart and its developers often underplay the negative potential of adding thousands of cars to an area and propose solutions that don't work. In Staten Island, where Wal-Mart is looking to build its first NYC store, the company claims that traffic won't be a problem even though the area is already saturated with retail and its road infrastructure is abysmal.  In fact, an Alliance-commissioned study by Brian Kethcam conclusively demonstrates that a Wal-Mart on the South Shore on of Staten Island would be a traffic nightmare.

For press releases dealing with all the issues surrounding Wal-Mart's attempted entry into New York City.  View and print these positions papers here.

The Neighborhood Retail Alliance has crafted a number of memoranda dealing with the issue of Wal-Mart's desired entry into New York City.  View and print these positions papers here.

As the largest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart receives tremendous media coverage.  We have broken the stories into various subsections: Crime, Eminent Domain, Environment, General, Health Care, Labor Practices, Lawsuits, New York City, Small Business, Subsidies, Women.  For the general page click here.

Download our Wal-Mart and Small Business fact sheet.  It is a concise compilation of anti-Wal-Mart arguments from a small business perspective.   For a list of other pertinent studies on Wal-Mart go here.

Check out our blog that features events, news, and commentary concerning Wal-Mart, other Neighborhood Retail Alliance campaigns and small business in general.

We have compiled a series of links to anti-Wal-Mart / pro-small business websites, blogs and books.