Wal-Mart Supercenter

Opened May 2009 with 153,865 SF and 320 employees at the intersection of U.S. 79S and 278W in Camden.

“The layout of the store is easy to navigate, which will save our customers time as they shop for everyday necessities,” said Store Manager Marion Cole. “By grouping the products that our customers most often purchase including health and beauty and pet supplies, we are making one-stop shopping even easier.” 

Store Features:

• Full line of groceries including a bakery, a deli serving fresh food and meal solutions for moms, meat and dairy products, fresh produce and beer and wine
• More than 30 merchandise departments such as apparel and accessories, a lawn and garden center, health and beauty aids, and an expanded electronics department
• Convenience services include a pharmacy, digital photo processing center, Family Fun center and Walmart Connect Center
• Leased areas and services include a SmartStyle family hair salon.

Two outlots remain for sale and development:

Lot 1 – 1.99± Acres  $265,000

Lot 2 – 1.32± Acres  $165,000

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Camden Retail Centers

Camden New Retail Land Development Opportunities

Camden has two retail land development opportunities currently available. The first is known as Camden Crossing and is located at the US 79 and 278 interchange across from where Wal-Mart has built a new SuperCenter. It is adjacent to the Comfort Inn and has a potential 344,748 SF of retail and 19,550 SF of office. Click here for more information.  The second consists of three parcels comprising approximately 20 acres and are known as the Sullivent Parcels. These parcels are in the immediate vicinity of a Holiday Inn Express and Brookshire’s supermarket on US 278 at the end of what is known as the Camden Bypass. Click here for details.

Camden New Restaurant Opportunity

Camden has a riverfront restaurant site available for development. Click here for details.

Retail Infrastructure Incentive

Camden has established a Retail Development Incentives Fund administered by Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development (OPED).  The Fund is used exclusively for retail projects which are relocating to or expanding within the corporate limits of Camden. Click here for details

Camden Customer Profile

Want to know more about our customer base in the Camden Trade Area – their likes, dislikes, lifestyles and purchase behavior.?   Click here for a summary of the eight most dominant customer segments found in our primary residential trade area.

Buxton Report

Camden retained the Buxton Company of Fort Worth, Texas to conduct a Retail Site Assessment. Buxton acquired customer data specific to spending by persons with addresses in Camden’s primary and secondary trade areas (15 and 30 minute drive times from Camden). For the full report, Click here.

Camden Retail Spending

The estimated dollar potential available in major retail categories by consumers located within Camden’s primary and secondary residential trade areas is $296,623,040 in the Primary Trade Area & $1,096,806,750 in the Secondary Trade Area. Click here for more details, including a map of our trade areas.

Camden Retail Leakage and Surplus

Retail leakage means that residents are spending more for products than local businesses capture. Retail sales leakage suggests that there is unmet demand in the trade area and that the community can support additional store space for that type of business. A retail surplus means that the community's trade area is capturing the local market plus attracting non-local shoppers. Click here for more details.