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<br /> New Rules Project -Retail -The Hometown Advantage -Big Box and Wal-Mart Econom... Page 1 of 11 <br /> new rules : rofail <br /> The HOIYletOWl1.~C~1~ltage <br /> Reviving Locally Owned Business <br /> Bj e~Mail this page to a FrMndl Search <br /> BIG BOX ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES fNharsNew-by date <br /> Download a PDF version of Mb page Hometown Advantage <br /> Below are aummartea and Ilnks to key studes that examine the <br /> Impad of Wal-Mart and other large retail chains and, M some <br /> cases, the benefits of localy owned businesses. Fa ease of use, ..`;y . <br /> weYe organized these studies Into the following celegortea (though „j„ <br /> May do not afi M neatty into one category): <br /> ¦ Economic Impact of Logl Businesses vs. Chains "xX. <br /> Studes have found Mal IocagY owned stores generate <br /> Home Page much greater benefits for Me local economy Man natlonal Buy These Boobt <br /> a,ama. <br /> About New Rules • Rebfl EmpbymeM <br /> These studies examine whether the arrival of a superstore <br /> Rules Index increases or decreases Me number of rebg jobs in Me <br /> region. Artides 8 Reports <br /> Reports & Links ¦ Wages 3 Beneffls Big-Box Impad SWdiea <br /> Studies have found Mat big-0ox retailers, particularly Wel- Fedsheets 19 Mapa <br /> Support Our Work Mart, are depressing wages and benefits for retail Legislatlve Platform <br /> employees. News ArohNe <br /> Contad Us ¦ Exktlng BusMesses Tools & How-To <br /> These slutlles look at how Me arrival of a big-Iqx retailer Wal-Mart Studies <br /> displaces sales at exlstirp businesses, which must Men <br /> downsiza or dose. This results In job losses and declining <br /> tax revenue, which some of these studies quaniHy. <br /> ¦ Powrry Rates LOCAL POLICIES: <br /> Counties Mat have gabled WahMart stores have tared Community Impact Review <br /> worse in brats of family poverty rates, according b Mis Comprehensive Plans <br /> study. Development Morebda <br /> ¦ Soebl and Clvie Well-Being Formula Business Reabict7ons <br /> Sign Up! Get the This sbdy found Mat WaFMarl reduces a cemmunitya local Purdwsing preferences <br /> Hometown level of sodal ceptial, as measured by voter turnout arM Neighborhood-Serving Zones <br /> Advantage Me number of edive eommuMry orgenizathxn. ~ Preverltlng Vacant Boxes <br /> Bulletin! - ¦ City COSb Store Size Caps <br /> These studies compare the munldpal lax beneflb of big- <br /> boxdevelopment wfih the coat of providing these stores REGIONAL POlrl~l: <br /> wkh dly services, such as road maintenance, pofice antl Regional Impad Review <br /> fire-ifnding Mat titles do not ahvays come as ahead. Tax-Bane SharMg <br /> ¦ Stab Costs <br /> Because many of their employees do not cam enough to STATE POLICIES: <br /> make ends meet, states ere reportlrp high cents Big Box Tax <br /> assoctabd wiM providing heakhcere (MedlceW) arM enter Corporeb Income Tex Reform <br /> publk assisbnce to trig-0ox empbyees. Curbing Corporate Welfare <br /> ¦ Subsidies Economic Impad Review <br /> Thb study documents more Man S1 dabn In local antl Interact Sales Tax Felmess <br /> stale development subsidies Mel have flowed b Wal-Mart. Limiting Vertlcel Integration <br /> ¦ Consumers b Prka Local Purohasing Preferences <br /> Am chains better for censumere9 Pharmacy Equity Laws <br /> ¦ TrNSe Probctlng Franchisees <br /> How do vehicle miles traveled and 61ps Mdease as a result <br /> of big box developments? NATIONAL POLICIES: <br /> AntiWSt Pdce Discriminatlon <br /> 1. ECONOYSC IMPACT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES VS. CHAINS Intamel Sales Tex Falmess <br /> The fofiowing sudies have found Met locegy owned stores <br /> generate much greater benefit for Ma local economy Man RELATED POLICIES: <br /> national chekis Community-Oarned Sports <br /> Lhring Wage <br /> The Ssn Frenebw Rebll DNerelty Study - By CMc Economks, <br /> May 2007 <br /> http://www,newniles.org/retaiUeconimpact.html ~ 9/5/2007 <br /> <br />