India has an opportunity that America has already lost: the opportunity to not have Wal-Marts everywhere. Politicians, business people, and labor advocates in India are currently battling over whether or not to allow Wal-Marts to build retail outlets in their cities.

For some time now, America-in-store-form Wal-Mart has been experiencing declining sales, despite its attempts to use all types of different items as hooks to lure shoppers back in. Great! But Target has problems too. Wherefore the big box store?