Wal-Mart Tries Again for New York City Store

Wal-Mart, the invincible retailer is trying to expand and expand through out America. Their next destination is the New York City, or they are trying to get there. With all the opposition, from the local community, it seems like it is going to take a lot for Wal-Mart to root down in New York and go on with their domination plan.

The New York City Council was supposed to hold a hearing this Tuesday about a renewed campaign by Wal-Mart to open its stores in the city.  “We needed a bigger room,” the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said. “We heard from unions all across the city, small business leaders from across the city. It’s a growing list of people.”
Wal-Mart, an inescapable part of the retail landscape just about everywhere except in New York City, twice retreated on efforts to open stores in the city after fierce community opposition.
Now it is back, and mounting an aggressive campaign to crack the country’s largest urban market. Wal-Mart is looking at properties in each of the five boroughs and has hired Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s former campaign manager, Bradley Tusk, to help coordinate its lobbying efforts.
Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, predicted, “They’re not going to find it easy to get serious public support.”
“As you reap,” Mr. de Blasio added, “so shall you sow, and they’ve had a really bad history. You can talk to people across the spectrum and they’ve all heard something about the problems of Wal-Mart.”

 The fact the the hearing was pushed for later shows that the issue and the conflict is expanding. This is not an easy thing for Wal-Mart to back down because New York City can be one of the most significant city for their future profit, considering the big population in the city.
Despite the fact that Wal-Mart is the country’s largest private employer, they have been criticized by the labor groups about the wages being too low and its benefits being insufficient.
This is a big war between Wal-Mart and the citizens of New York.