And this is destroying your local retail market. Eventually, once all of the mom and pop shops are pushed out, we will be left with nothing but big box places that do their best to bone the consumer at every turn.

It is simply not possible to eek out anything more than a lower-middle class living owning a retail store any more. Honestly, it is pretty sad to watch. There are a lot of small, local businesses getting hammered away by these retail giants and are almost powerless to stop it.