Does Walmart really steal business from small businesses?

Scot Sepulbeda: Walmart might help by bringing more traffic to the area, but only if the surrounding stores sell things walmart doesn't carry.Walmart can afford to sell their products for less, while the small businesses cannot. That is where it hurts them, because people would rather save that $3 or whatever by getting it at walmart....Show more

Daren Ventrice: They hurt small businesses which sell some of the same retail items that wal mart sells. But you're right, a lot of other businesses are helped by them being there.