Research shows that grocery stores reduce prices to compete with Walmart Supercenters. This study finds evidence that … the competitive effects of two other big box retailers – Costco and Walmart-owned Sam's Club – are quite different. Using … city-level panel grocery price data matched with a unique data set on Walmart and warehouse club locations, we find that …

This paper offers an analysis of Walmart's contested expansion in the retail business. It draws on, and develops, some … trajectory to date. After rapid growth in the first four decades of its existence, the power of Walmart appears to be flat …-lining relative to dominant capital as a whole. The major problems for Walmart lie in the fact that its green-field growth is running …

This paper examines the effect of Walmart Supercenters, which lower food prices and expand food availability, on …, we compute the distance between each household's census tract of residence and the nearest Walmart Supercenter. We … estimate instrumental variables models that leverage the predictable geographic expansion patterns of Walmart Supercenters …

(EPA). This research employed an embedded comparative case study design using the comparison of two Big Box firms, Walmart … indicate Walmart adheres to the structural models developed using contingency theory principles and incurs more impacts from …