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From today's Washington Examiner, an article I have edited slightly and re-titled "D.C.'s Mom 'n' Pops Afraid of Walmart's Cost-Conscious Customers":

The District's family-owned businesses are worried that greedy consumers who shop at Walmart for its everyday low prices will kill their livelihoods if the retailer forges ahead with plans to open four locations in the coming years. 

"I think we've got enough local grocery stores around," said Jeremy Frost, manager of 5th Street Ace Hardware. "They (Wal-Mart customers) drive local small businesses out of business.  It's a slippery slope once you start letting consumers' greed for low prices determine which merchants create the most value for the District.  Once you let value-conscious customers shop at four new Walmarts in ... I can see a lot of developments turning to big box businesses that would appeal to District families trying to stretch their hard-earned dollars as far as possible."

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