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Supermarket supermarket generally refers to a store where goods are displayed on open shelves, customers help themselves, and the payment is settled in one lump sum, mainly engaged in fresh food and daily necessities.

Supermarket is a self-service, open and self-service retail enterprise. It was developed after World War II and first rose in Europe and America. Now there are 200,000 supermarkets in ten countries in Europe and America.

Supermarkets generally distribute food and daily necessities, with the following main features: ① Small profits but quick turnover, and basically set up shop assistants to handle middle and low-grade goods; (2) The goods are packed in small packages, indicating the weight, specifications and price; (3) equipped with cars or baskets for customers to choose goods; (4) go out and settle the payment at one time.

In the early days, supermarkets mainly sold food and a small amount of groceries. At present, in addition to the above, it also deals in cosmetics, stationery, hardware, clothing and so on. There are as many as seven or eight thousand kinds. At present, it is developing into comprehensive services, adding parking lots, cafes, clubs, cinemas, banks, insurance, postal services and other service facilities, which is developing rapidly. The sales of Japanese supermarkets have surpassed those of department stores.

Commodity packaging in supermarkets has really become a "silent salesman". At present, it is necessary to introduce goods instead of salespeople, so its packaging has the function of introducing the name, purpose, origin, usage, price, weight and characteristics of goods.

Advantages of supermarkets, saving people (saving labor and labor costs)

Save land (make full use of business area)

Save money (investment)

Save time (no need to queue, simple procedures)

Clean (especially food and vegetables)

It is said that the first supermarket in the world was first born in the United States in 1952. On the opening day, people didn't know what a supermarket was, so they went shopping with curiosity and regarded it as a fashion. But not long after, people gradually tasted the sweetness of supermarket convenience, and shopping in the supermarket became people's daily needs. Therefore, supermarkets have sprung up all over the world.

Chile is one of the Latin American countries where supermarkets appeared earlier. From 65438 to 0957, the first supermarket in Chile, "ALMAC", appeared at the intersection of Provi Dencia and Ricardo Leon, in the old rich area of Santiago. From the perspective of modern people, this so-called supermarket is just a primitive supermarket, with neither small commodities nor rich storefronts. Today, Chile has 668 supermarkets. Among them, there are 36 large supermarkets, covering an area of 1 10,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 324,000 square meters. The capital region accounts for 2 1 (Lida 1 1, Zhenbao 5, Carrefour 5), and other regions account for15; There are 632 buildings with a construction area less than 1 10,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 808,800 square meters. Capital Region 178, other regions 454. In 2002, the total sales of supermarkets was US$ 4.344 billion, accounting for 7% of the national GDP and 60% of the national retail sales.

Like other countries, the supermarket industry in Chile has also experienced the evolution and development process from scratch. Specifically, the evolution period is from 1960 to 1070. During this period, sporadic and single supermarkets gradually developed in the direction of cooperation and chain, and some supermarkets in the capital Santiago also began to carry out preliminary transformation. At the same time, the first large supermarket-Jumb; 1980- 1990 is the development period, and supermarkets in various regions begin to develop; The 1990s were a period of consolidation. During this period, the supermarket industry in Chile achieved great development with the development of the national economy, with an average annual growth rate of 20.42% and an actual growth rate of 10.86% (minus the net growth after the closure of the supermarket). The number of large supermarkets has also increased rapidly, entering neighboring countries such as Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. At the same time, the development trend of supermarket industry in various regions is also very strong; After entering the 2 1 century, the supermarket industry in Chile is in the ascendant. First, we are increasing investment in building new stores every year, with an additional investment of $300 million in 200 1, $420 million in 2002 and $250 million expected this year. Second, supermarkets are getting bigger and bigger, and a large number of "Big Macs" are being pulled up around San Diego. The merger of existing supermarkets is also taking place in secret. Therefore, the share of large supermarkets in the national retail industry is expanding year by year: in 2002, it was 72. 1 1%, and it increased to 74.78% in the first quarter of this year. It is estimated that the actual growth rate of supermarkets in 2003 will be 6%-7%.

Like other western countries, supermarkets occupy more and more retail markets in Latin America. In 2002, Chile's supermarket sales accounted for 59% of the national retail sales (it is expected to exceed 60% in 2003), keeping pace with Argentina, ranking first among Latin American countries, followed by Mexico with 49%, and Brazil and Colombia with 46%. In the fierce competition, traditional department stores are losing market share year by year: in 1994, the proportion of department stores and kiosks in China was as high as 33%, and it had dropped sharply to 22% in 2002. The sales ratio of restaurants, bars, cold drinks shops and food stores decreased from 197 in 2002 to 14% and 9%. Only the proportion of sales in pharmacies has increased, from 6% in 1997 to 10% in 2002.

A large part of supermarkets in Chile, especially large supermarkets, are owned by foreign multinational companies, D&; S, LIDER, JUMBO, Carrefour and other large supermarket chains in the world have branches all over Chile and occupy the largest market share in supermarkets. According to industry analysts, as Chile negotiates and signs more and more free trade agreements with foreign countries, it will create more development opportunities for the intellectual business of such supermarket groups.

In terms of consumption habits, 79% of Chilean residents mainly go to supermarkets for daily purchases. Women mainly go to supermarkets, accounting for 60%. Like other places, they often ask more and actually buy less. Supermarket promotional products are particularly popular with consumers. More and more customers like to shop in cash, while fewer customers use credit cards. In recent years, the number of customers who use credit cards to shop in supermarkets has decreased by 30%. Although Chileans also value brands when shopping, they value prices more. When buying branded goods, most of them focus on a brand they like and are used to, and there are few changes.

With the expansion of foreign exchange, the imports of supermarkets in Chile are also increasing year by year. The proportion of imported goods before 15 was only 0.75%, and now it has increased to 10%.

There are many goods from China on the shelves of supermarkets in Chile, among which textiles, clothing, hardware, kitchen utensils and shoes and bags account for a large share. Although most of the goods are foreign brands, it is gratifying that Haier and other famous household appliances have entered supermarkets and department stores in Chile in recent years. I believe that more and more famous brand products from China will appear on the shelves of supermarkets in Chile as my inexpensive brand products become more and more known to the Chilean people.

Supplement:

Supermarkets came into being in new york in 1930, which is called the third revolution of retail industry.

1in August, 930, Michael Cullen, an American, opened the first supermarket in New York, USA-the Golden Cullen Joint Store. At that time, the United States was in the period of economic crisis. Based on his decades of experience in food management, Michael Coulomb designed a low-price strategy accurately and pioneered the commodity category pricing method. The average gross profit margin of its supermarkets is only 9%, which is surprising compared with the gross profit margin of 25-40% of ordinary American stores at that time. In order to ensure the low price, the purchase price must be low, and only a large number of purchases can reduce the purchase price. Michael Coulomb opened a semicolon in a chain way, established a sales system, and ensured a large number of purchases. Self-service sales method was initiated, and one-time centralized settlement was adopted.

After the mid-1930s, supermarkets, a retail organization, gradually spread from the United States to Japan and Europe. In China, supermarkets were introduced by 1978, and were called supermarkets at that time.