This study empirically estimates a multivariate binary choice model for four categories of food shopping store formats. The results indicate that in the Qingdao market, traditional counter parts such as wet markets and small grocery stores have been dominated by supermarkets and hypermarkets. At the same time, the rapid growth of hypermarkets in Qingdao is significantly challenging current supe...

This study analyzes Chinese consumer behavior across different retail food store formats and how household demographics affect shopping behavior. A multivariate probit model with four categories of retail food store formats (wet markets, small grocery stores, super markets, and hypermarkets) in Qingdao, China is estimated. The results indicate that the new hypermarkets are substitutes for super...

nowadays, efficient goods distribution in target markets is one of the most important challenges of marketing managers and goods producers. distribution of goods and services has a significant contribution in gross domestic product (gdp) of countries. so an efficient distribution network can support constant economic development of countries and reduces end-user price of products. identifying a...

Supermarkets and hypermarkets already dominate the markets of some larger cities, and their continued expansion from major cities into smaller cities is expected to further drive competition in the grocery retail sector. Of the various retail channels, hypermarkets are expected to have the most growth potential in the Chinese market and are benefitting from consumer trends toward convenience an...

We study sales dynamics of grocery chain stores during the first wave COVID-19 pandemics in Italy. document a sustained growth revenues for storable products, such as food staples and household supplies, arising right before restrictions to mobility were introduced, protracted throughout whole lockdown period. further look into revenue surge, by disentangling role different types stores. find t...

This paper studies the effect of the emergence of large retailers (hypermarkets and department stores) on employment in the commerce sector in the regions of Chile. We use a panel with quarterly data from eleven Chilean regions for the period 1996-2004. Our results indicate that the entry of large retailers produces a discrete increase in employment in the commerce sector in the quarter that th...

This study develops a framework that combines different management science methods to provide insights concerning the performance of retailing stores. First, the framework enables to specify appropriate targets for stores of a retail network using data envelopment analysis. This involves comparing stores within homogenous groups, that is, supermarkets and hypermarkets. Second, the framework com...

Objective. The objective of the study is to analyze main trends in development domestic retail trade and identify prospects for its further development. Methods. research methods are dialectical method scientific cognition, general methods: analysis, synthesis, systematization, comparison, grouping, relative quantities, abstract-logical (for formulating conclusions). Results. indicators Ukraine...

Since then, Tesco has expanded across the world. It now has over 2,200 stores including hypermarkets and Tesco Express outlets to meet different customer needs. As a conglomerate Tesco also offers alternative goods and services such as insurance, banking and online shopping. With net profits of around £3.4 billion Tesco has become the largest British retailer and one of the world's leading reta...