The BAIN Truth: Staples DIDN'T CREATE JOBS

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1. There have been studies done on this

Without looking them about, each superstore job replaces about 1.3-1.4 Mom & Pop store jobs - to express it very roughly.

So I agree with the general point and raised this is previous discussions about Staples.

EDIT: here's one quick link roughly comparable to help illustrate
http://www.ilsr.org/key-studies-walmart-and-bigbox-retail/

This study presents the most sophisticated analysis to date of Wal-Mart’s impact on retail employment and wages. Analyzing national data, the study found that the opening of a Wal-Mart store reduces county-level retail employment by 150 jobs. Because Wal-Mart stores employ an average of 360 workers, this suggests that for every new retail job created by Wal-Mart, 1.4 jobs are lost as existing businesses downsize or close. The study also found that the arrival of a Wal-Mart store reduces total county-wide retail payroll by an average of about $1.2 million.