"But when the giants come in, the small merchants move out, and what's left behind is a ghost town."

The area's small merchants are likely to put up a fight.

A small merchant for a father, a former soldier, maybe, but not this.

"We are concerned about the smaller merchants and whether they'll survive," she said.

The cost of that service can be $3,000 a year, he said, too much to interest many small merchants.

He was raised in Vidin by a family of small merchants.

Many people travel over this road, small merchants and peasants going to market or coming from there.

Another crucial issue was the displacement of more than 100 small merchants.

A large number of tradesmen and small merchants served the area's needs from the town.

And let me tell you, not all small merchants in these little towns hate us.