Wal-Mart has own needs in San Luis

"It means that they're not going to (be limited to a) 50,000- square-foot store. We will repeal that ordinance when we know the size of the store they're bringing. We don't have problems accommodating Wal-Mart," [Nieves Riedel] said. If Wal-Mart comes to be, Arnie Caballero...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Paige Lauren Deiner, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 21.12.2005
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City ordinances
Councils
Discount department stores
Small business
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Summary:"It means that they're not going to (be limited to a) 50,000- square-foot store. We will repeal that ordinance when we know the size of the store they're bringing. We don't have problems accommodating Wal-Mart," [Nieves Riedel] said. If Wal-Mart comes to be, Arnie Caballero said his family will be very happy. His family lives in San Luis Rio Colorado, Son., and now drives to the Wal-Mart on Avenue B in Yuma to shop. City Attorney Glen Gimbut said that the proposed Wal-Mart has the same proximity to the border as theWal-Mart in Nogales, Ariz. That Wal-Mart, he said, is one of the highest grossing retail stores in the world. Gimbut said that the proposed Wal-Mart would most likely have a similar success because the demographics of Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico, are similar to that of San Luis, Ariz., and San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.