Big box stores lure regional shoppers.The opening of Wal-Mart and other big box stores in Fort Frances Fort Frances, town (1991 pop. 8,891), SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills and a pulp and paper factory. Tourism is also an important industry, with abundant fishing and hunting nearby. has added to the flow of outside traffic to the city. "It's good in that it draws people who would normally shop in the Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. , Dryden, Kenora and Winnipeg areas to Fort Frances because we have the Wal-Mart here now," says Russ Ling, chair of the Fort Frances Business Improvement Association. To address any challenges big box stores may pose to small retailers, local businesses have banded together to take advantage of the influx by cross-promoting one another's products, and through other strategies. Geoff Gillon is the regional economic planner with the Rainy River Rainy River can refer to:
Opportunities can be either taken up or squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. , depending on the response of the city and area businesses. BY JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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