Survey on Opening New Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart has proposed to have a new 131,400 sq. ft. store open on Marine Drive near Main Street. The following survey will be used in a research on the study of the impact of Wal-Mart on traffic and local business. Shopping in this survey refers to the shopping for household items.
1) Sex: Female Male
2) What is your age in years? (eg. 20)
3) Are you a owner of a retail business? Yes No
4) Are you an employee of a retail business? Yes No
5) Which area do you live in?
Richmond Vancouver West Vancouver North Vancouver Burnaby Surrey Coquitlam Delta New Westminister Other:
If you live in Vancouver,
a)How many times per month do you shop in other cities (eg. Richmond and Burnaby)?
b)How many times per month do you think you will shop at the Wal-Mart in Vancouver if it's opened?
6) Do you agree to have a new Wal-Mart open on Marine Drive and Main? Agree Disagree
7) Which of the following benefit you the most if the new Wal-Mart is opened? (please choose one only)
cheaper goods convenience offer more job opportunities more varieties of goods
Other:
8) Which of the following problems you are concern the most if the new Wal-Mart is opened? (please choose one only)
air pollution due to increase traffic in the area traffic congestionaffect small business
9) Do you shop at the Wal-Mart stores in the following locations? (please check the location(s) you shop at, you don't have to check any of them if you don't shop at Wal-Mart)
Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam or Langley
10) How many times in a month do you shop at Wal-Mart? (please enter 0 if you don't shop at Wal-Mart)
11) How often do you drive, you can put either number of days per week or per month? (please enter 0 if you don't drive)
days per week or days per month
12) Do you usually do most of your shopping close to your living area? Yes No
13) Do you prefer to have one-stop shopping or shop around many different stores? one-stop shoppingmany stores
14) How many hours do you work per week? (please enter 0 if you don't have a job)
15) How often do you do shopping? per month
16) How much money do you usually spend each month on household items?
17) How often do the members of yours household (including yourself) shop at the following stores and how much money does your household spend?
a) Superstore time(s) per month, dollars per month, Which location?
b) Safeway time(s) per month, dollars per month, Which location?
c) Zellers time(s) per month, dollars per month, Which location?
d) London Drugs time(s) per month, dollars per month, Which location?
e) Canadian Tires time(s) per month,dollars per month, Which location?
18) If the new Wal-Mart on Marine Drive and Main is opened, how often do you think members of your household (including yourself) will shop there and how much will be spend?
time(s) per month,dollars per month
19) How many members are in your household (including yourself)?
20) Have you heard of this Wal-Mart's proposal before doing this survey? Yes No