Wal-Mart Folds Plans In Two More Communities
Wal-Mart dropped plans this week to build stores in two suburban Boston, Massachusetts communities. In Somerville, a proposed grocery store has been scrapped, and in
Wal-Mart dropped plans this week to build stores in two suburban Boston, Massachusetts communities. In Somerville, a proposed grocery store has been scrapped, and in
The world’s largest retailer hasn’t even submitted its proposal for a superstore in Watertown, Massachusetts — but already the plan has run into strong opposition.
Massachusetts has 47 Wal-Mart stores, but if residents of Watertown get their way, there won’t ever be a Wal-mart store darkening this Boston suburb. A
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