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That'd be like a LOT of stealing tho. Avg Walmart pulls in $1mil A WEEK.
This is even more so in small towns where they were easily able to secure a monopoly, so for operating one store they're able to be the only option for a whole town - and they'd have to choose to throw away a perfectly functional source of revenue.
There's a reason many internet companies are expanding rural, its a larger more spread out market
People are stealing a lot. Saying it harms nobody isn't correct. In the twin cities we've had a Aldi, Walmart and Walgreens all close within the last year. All of them were located in areas with a majority of people being on the poorer side of things. If people bought their groceries at Walmart, now the closest place is Cub which is about 6 miles away. That can be a 30-35 minute difference if you don't have a car and Cub is much more expensive. I'm not defending corporations but they aren't going to stay if people are stealing too much. Look at all the companies leaving in San Francisco and Portland.