Although it was widely protested by residents and the city council of 2002-2005 the proposed Wal Mart on Marine Drive it has been announced that they are coming to the current Costco facility on Grandview Hwy and that Costco will move to Burnaby. There does not need to be council approval because there is no zoning change as opposed to the Marine Drive location. The Grandview neighbourhood is right by a highway with people coming from the suburbs and with many big box stores it is not the most liveable area and is very car dependant, adding a Walmart just adds to the suburban feel of it with the already existing Roots outlet store, Rona and Superstore. This will be the first Walmart opening in Vancouver not in the region however as surrounding suburbs already showcase this big box store. It will be interesting to see if residents in this neighbourhood protest against this development, which is unlikely due to the amount of bigbox stores already in this part of town however there will be many who will refuse to shop here no matter what.
Whats your opinion?
http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=8982168d-2eb0-4c8d-9621-53c0ac4224df
Whats your opinion?
http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=8982168d-2eb0-4c8d-9621-53c0ac4224df
2 comments:
Wallmart can be a blessing in disguise. The independent "Davids" shops will just need to compete better, by buying better, and saving better. But, most importantly leveraging what they do best which is by action local.
At BizUnite we plan to give the Davids Golliath Clout, so they can compete with the Wallmarts of the world.
i have to admit that i am a big box hypocrite. i refuse to shop at Walmart but i love Ikea. I hate Superstore but love Canadian Tire.
maybe Ikea and cdn tire has better marketing....
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