In New Zealand, Concerns Growing as Big Boxes Multiply

Date: 1 Nov 2002 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Citizens and community organizations in New Zealand are beginning to take action to curb the spread of chain stores and big box retailers. "The big box phenomena has had a huge impact," says Warren Snow of Envision New Zealand, a community development company. "In the same way that Wal-Mart has decimated the main streets of America, New Zealand towns and suburbs are also buckling under the might of big box retailers." … Read More