Home Depo to grow in Florida

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Home Depo to grow in Florida

#1 Postby FLGuest » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:46 pm

Since Florida is a hurricane hot spot it will only fuel Big Box stores like "Lowes" "Home Depo" to grow and crush the local businesses, like scottys.... So we continue to pave paradise to put a 20 acre parking lot!
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#2 Postby stormchazer » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:48 pm

Yep....and save money. Scotty's had a poor business model and thus, has been unable to compete. Don't beat up the big guys for giving what the customer wants.
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#3 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:49 pm

I'm pretty sure Lowe's and Home Depot do a lot more than just hurricane prep business and therefore I'm sure they'll open up in more places than just FL.
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#4 Postby FLGuest » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:52 pm

I love to beat the big guys! :grr: For one I can't stand urban sprawl!
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#5 Postby stormchazer » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:55 pm

Your part of it...Lakeland is urban sprawl... :D
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#6 Postby FLGuest » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:56 pm

http://www.sprawl-busters.com/

They have stopped over 200+ stores like Home Depo!
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#7 Postby NFLnut » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:03 pm

As much as I pull for "the little guy," I tried to support Scotty's in the early 80s, but they just refused to get with the times. I found myself instead going to that upstart "Home Depot" more and more. Scotty's is to blame for their own demise. They were poorly stocked, didn't carry new products, and quite often were understaffed. Scotty's was *IT* in Florida as far back as I can remember, but HD came from out of nowhere and whipped them into nonexistence.

Now I DO find myself visiting an ACE and TrueValue now and then. As small as they are, they often have things that HD and Lowes don't have. And I also just like the advice I get from the old-timers sometimes.
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#8 Postby FLGuest » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:11 pm

I live on 35 acres that my family has had since 1910.... long before Urban Sprawl was around in Lakeland.... "Farm land"....
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#9 Postby FLGuest » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:15 pm

Big Box stores need to come into terms with smart growth, and better land use.... Like what Walmart did in Tampa, taking an old warehouse down and rebuilding.... 8-)
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