Courier Life excerpt -
A Walmart may soon be coming to Brooklyn — because we want it here!
So declared the retail giant Tuesday with the release of a poll it commissioned showing that 76 percent of Brooklyn residents see the big-box retailer as a welcome addition to the Borough of Churches.
The poll is part of a multipronged attack to win over the hearts and minds of critics opposed to Walmart’s plans to build an as-of-right store bigger than three football fields inside the planned Gateway II shopping center at Jamaica Bay off Shore Parkway at Erksine Street.
“We know we have lots of customers from New York City today, even without a store presence there,” said Walmart spokesman Steven Restivo. “New Yorkers are shopping our brand, so it was important to see how they felt about making it more convenient for them to access our stores. The poll results speak for themselves.”
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2010/12/14/brooklyn_graphic/news/courier-yn_brooklyn_graphic-cd_walmartupdate_2010_12_17_bk.txt
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