Wal-Mart abruptly cancels Supercenter

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Many of the "Big Box" retailers sell goods which look like the real deal, but if you compare them closely you will find they are an inferior product. As an example, an electric drill bought from a Big Box retailer will weigh significantly less than the "same" (even down to production name and model number) electric drill bought from a mom & pop hardware store or name brand retailer. If you take the drill apart, it will have bushings instead of bearings, smaller windings, smaller shafts, etc. All in all a definitely inferior product. To get a good price, the Big Box guys will buy 100,000 of the inferior drills so the manufacturer will run off an entire load of cheaper items. Eventually, they can ruin their own good name by putting out an inferior product, but businesses don't always take the long view.