As bad as it for small businesses these days, there are still many communities that are not well served by the big box stores. Small and medium sized businesses will continue to do well there. Even where they are in place, the big boxers don’t have everything consumers are looking for. Where a small business that met that need once was, it will be again. The people that ran it before are probably still around, even if it’s taking them a little longer to dig out of the ruble.