Big box stores are getting bigger, but maybe not for long. It seems that online shopping is making a big dent in big box (Walmart, Target) sales. Check out this article which predicts the slow demise of big box stores as consumers are more exacting with their choices after researching on line or just getting things delivered to their homes. Click title for link to the Palm Beach Post article on local expansion plans.
The Walmart on Indiantown Road will become a Walmart Supercenter when an expansion project to add a grocery store with a deli and about 75 more employees is complete in about six months.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based company, which now has about 210 employees at the 128,000-square-foot building just east of Chasewood Plaza, is spending about $12 million to boost the building to about 165,000 square feet. By comparison, The Home Depot, just east of Walmart, is about 102,000 square feet.
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