Town keeps Walmart out, opens own store

Town keeps Walmart out, opens own store

November 23, 2011 7:50 AM

When the residents of Saranac Lake, NY were faced with having a Super Wal-Mart put in, some 600 residents came together to open their own department store. CBS News business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis reports.

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