Mom and Pop Shop
Large Corporation driving mom and pop shops out of business
Salo Hodge
ENG 122: English Composition II
Prof. Jan Wellik
June 17, 2013
Large Corporation driving mom and pop shops out of business In this paper I would be discussing how large Corporation on driving the small businesses and the neighborhood mom and pop shop out of business, I will give some of the reason why they are concurring the close and discuss how Wal-Mart is one of the major cause of most of the mom and pop store are closing their does. I will also address prices, production, competitors and the impact it has on the small businesses. Mom and pop shops are being run out of business they are being forced to close their stores, because they cannot keep up with the quantity of merchandise as big corporations who have the capability of ordering their products in bulk, therefore are able to offer lower prices and discounts to the consumers. Once the large corporations such as Target and Kmart moved into the community offering jobs and convenience for patrons, it began to cause a negative impact on small business like mom and pops shops they begin to suffer most of the regular customer where celebrating the arrivals of the major retailers come into the community. Many small businesses found themselves trying to compete with the large businesses by offering discounts and lowering the cost of some of their products. Mom and pop shops that had been serving the community for years was on the verge of closing their doors not being able to compete with the major retailer’s that had moved into the community. Most of the local patrons were taking their business to the large corporations, although the small business owner felt that many of the consumers where flocking to the large businesses just because they are new and that make it hard to compete with large businesses. BARKER, C. (2010, December 23) Large corporations make it hard for the small businesses to barely
Salo Hodge
ENG 122: English Composition II
Prof. Jan Wellik
June 17, 2013
Large Corporation driving mom and pop shops out of business In this paper I would be discussing how large Corporation on driving the small businesses and the neighborhood mom and pop shop out of business, I will give some of the reason why they are concurring the close and discuss how Wal-Mart is one of the major cause of most of the mom and pop store are closing their does. I will also address prices, production, competitors and the impact it has on the small businesses. Mom and pop shops are being run out of business they are being forced to close their stores, because they cannot keep up with the quantity of merchandise as big corporations who have the capability of ordering their products in bulk, therefore are able to offer lower prices and discounts to the consumers. Once the large corporations such as Target and Kmart moved into the community offering jobs and convenience for patrons, it began to cause a negative impact on small business like mom and pops shops they begin to suffer most of the regular customer where celebrating the arrivals of the major retailers come into the community. Many small businesses found themselves trying to compete with the large businesses by offering discounts and lowering the cost of some of their products. Mom and pop shops that had been serving the community for years was on the verge of closing their doors not being able to compete with the major retailer’s that had moved into the community. Most of the local patrons were taking their business to the large corporations, although the small business owner felt that many of the consumers where flocking to the large businesses just because they are new and that make it hard to compete with large businesses. BARKER, C. (2010, December 23) Large corporations make it hard for the small businesses to barely