IN MOST INSTANCES, THE SMALLER STORES OFFER CHEAPER PRICES EVEN ON BULK PURCHASES.

Proponents of FDI in retail have gone to town claiming that retail MNCs will help consumers by offering lower prices. Is this real or merely a tactic to pitch consumers against others in the retail chain who may be making a living out of reaching farm produce and other products from production centres to consumers? Going by other claims by the same lobby, one has reasons to doubt the claims of consumer advantage. 

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