07 Retailing Strategies - Retailing Strategies(Distribution Strategies Retailing is the single largest part of the US economy automotive is the largest

Retailing Strategies (Distribution Strategies) Retailing is the single largest part of the US economy - automotive is the largest, but if you add the individual sectors that sell food, they are the largest - 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 - super markets #1; dropped in shopping frequency from 1999 to 2006 (56%  46%) - discounts department stores have also dropped - supercenters (food plus everything else): increased (18%  25%) - drug stores have increased - small-format value retailers have increased - warehouse clubs have increased -