Retailing Strategies (Distribution Strategies)
Retailing is the single largest part of the US economy
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automotive is the largest, but if you add the individual sectors that sell food,
they are the largest
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top food retailers: Walmart (biggest retailer that sells food, but not the biggest
food seller), Carrefour, Ahoki, Metro AG, Tesco (finally opened their first
store; “fresh and easy”; hybrid between convenient store and grocery store,
small size fresh store, fresh food image in a convenient location, only
6 out of
projected 300 open so far), Ito Yokado, Kroger (largest supermarket), Rewe,
target, Costco, Aeon, Casino, Auchan, Intermarche, Schwarz Group, ALDI,
Albertsons, Walgreens, Edeka/AVA, Safeway
shopping frequency by channel
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super markets #1; dropped in shopping frequency from 1999 to 2006 (56%
46%)
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discounts department stores have also dropped
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supercenters (food plus everything else): increased (18%
25%)
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drug stores have increased
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small-format value retailers have increased
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warehouse clubs have increased
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- Summer '07
- MCLAUGHLIN,E.
- Supermarket, Hypermarket, grocery stores
