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Originally Posted by Amnorix
One stat I liked when I was younger was that back in the day, Sears accounted for 1% of the US GDP. For every $100 spent in the US economy, $1 of that was spent at Sears. That is how big they were.
A few years ago, though, Wal-Mart was 2% of the economy, so I guess it's not quite as amazing as I thought.
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Wow. That is incredible.
Yeah Wal-Mart is the devil, but look at the per capita retail stores. There used to be corner stores everywhere. I don't know the numbers, but I'd bet Sears had a larger percentage of all retail sales than did Wal-Mart, but I may be wrong.