Are supermarkets taking over the retail sector? 9 Articles

by Keith Hillman

When I left school I worked in a grocery store. I stood behind a counter where I sliced bacon, cut cheese and handed out cans of beans. Next door was a butcher and a few shops up, a baker. It was a typical high street like...read more

by Ralph Buckle

Tired of reading anecdotal unreliable reports of people's local high street being destroyed by the evil Tescos I decided to pen one of my own, in favour of Tesco. These accounts usually start with reports of the high st...read more

by halkhall

American icon; Woolworths have they lost their respect? Venture into the Woolworth store and you will find a very new look, the outlay and structure of the shop has been changed from the old wide open spaces to racking tha...read more

by mysticmaggie

Supermarkets are not taking over the retail sector, but their brethren in the retail sector are taking over supermarketing. Stores, including supermarkets, find offering convenience buying to their customers stabilizes ...read more

by Marco Angioni II

It is amazing how supermarkets are integrating so many other services into their stores. At first, when you went to a supermarket all you could get was food and some personal items (such as toiletries and first aid materi...read more

by Scott Heritage

Supermarkets as little as 10 years ago dealt only in groceries and associated sundries. Today more and more they are becoming a place where you can get very nearly any product that you can think of. This has meant that man...read more

by John Elliott Senior

Five Forces of Competition for Supermarkets Threat of New Entrants - The threat of new entrants for the grocery industry is high. Barriers to entry are low and many discount retailers are entering the market. Wal-Mar...read more

by Marc Steel

Over the past few years, Tesco have headed a supermarket revolution. The chain of stores has got to a point where they are almost the central attraction in many small towns across the country. You want to post a letter, bu...read more

by Ken Boyd

Are Things Getting More Expensive? How Much More? As business owners, we're all aware of cost increases. In order to price our product or service, we need to project our costs. If costs go up unexpectedly, our profit wil...read more