I went to Bentonville, Arkansas a few years ago. You'll see every major consumer packaged good company represented in the skyscrapers there, because Walmart is hq'd there. They want to have people close to Walmart, since Walmart is always a big part of their sales

Indeed. You'll see this everywhere now, though at different scales.

I've seen a job listing from Levi Strauss to handle Kohl's Department Stores, and I've met the person at Hershey's that is the director for Target.