I just started watching last season's Soprano's on DVD and there is a funny episode in which the payoffs are diminishing because of the influx of national chain stores into Tony's neighborhood. All the money is closely monitored at corporate headquarters so the local manager has no discretionary income to use to pay off the Merchants Protective Association. It's an interesting twist to the 'WalMart Problem".

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