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March 15, 2005
Wal-Mart skirts big-box ordinance in Maryland
from DSN Retailing Today:
DUNKIRK, Md. - March 14 - Wal-Mart has devised a new method of skirting the anti-big-box ordinance in the town of Dunkirk, Md. that puts a cap on store size—build two adjecent Wal-Mart units, both of which are under the size limit.
Wal-Mart has proposed a 74,998-square-foot store—just two square feet shy of the town's store-size limit—that will be next to a 22,689-square-foot garden center. The two stores would have their own entrances, utilities, bathrooms and cash registers.
"As these big-box bills come up, all retailers will just have to be flexible," a spokesperson for Wal-Mart said, adding that Wal-Mart might use the strategy in other locations.
Posted by Chris at March 15, 2005 08:02 AM