A supermarket must have at least how many checkouts to call itself a hypermarket?
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Hypermarkets are defined by floor space, not registers. From Wiki:\n\n"Hypermarkets, like other big-box stores, typically have business models focusing on high-volume, low-margin sales. Due to their large footprints -- a typical Wal-Mart Supercenter covers 150,000 square feet, a typical Carrefour 210,000 square feet -- and the need for many shoppers to carry large quantities of goods, many hypermarkets choose suburban or out-of-town locations that are easily accessible by automobile."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermarket
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At last a question that I can answer with some authority.\n\nAs a rule of thumb in development you want to build a retail store in a corner location with the highest traffic count, most rooftops and best demographics.  \n\nWalgreen's and CVS (used to be Eckerd's) have been in competition with one another for years for hard-corner locations.  If either Walgreen's or CVS got to a particular location before their competitor, the company with the most money for land acquisition in their budget won.  These companies will pay an astronomical amount of money to get the location that they want, even if it means displacing families and rezoning a location from residential to commercial development.\n\nSince, in most cases, the same seller does not own every corner of an intersection and therefore cannot offer a pharmacy deed restriction, the loser would then seek to purchase another corner in the same location in an effort to steal the competitor's customer's.\n\nIt is really just a great big game of retail chess to see which company can capture the most prime locations and have a store up and operational in the shortest amount of time in an effort to buy customer loyalty prior to their competition getting their store open.
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Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, The Dollar Store, Supermarkets, the 99 cents store, hospitals and restaurants.
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The information provided by the previous answerer is quite exhaustive and useful, but is best suited to the big business houses with ample funds. Your question is about small business, as such please search out retail opportunities at:\nhttp://www.franchise-international.net/franchising/Retail-Franchise-Opportunities/44
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Target\nShopko\nWal Mart\nDillards\nJC Pennys\nKohl's
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It's actually pretty big. In department stores, there's a whole floor devoted just to shoes. Styles differ from the US and Europe. There aren't many pointed toe pumps or stilettos. Some styles are ok, but others may be ugly. But it's definetly a growing market.
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Yes i do. People should not just shop at 1 store they should shop around a variety of stores including small businesses.
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depends on the area that the retail store is located. this is not an easily answered question and takes alot of evaluation based on area, kind of retail store, as well as number of other similar establishments in the same area....
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Chain stores managers would like it, because then they would have branches all over the place!
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Kroger and Publix are the 2 biggest, but I have also seen Food Lion.  Walmart and Target also have grocery sections.
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Commerce?  Like an ATM machine where the data exchange utilizes a machine
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How about an automated donut shop.\n\nSay 8 - 10 different types of donuts ranging from 100 to 1000 donuts each which need to be produced each day to meet various size of orders.\n\nThe different ingredients and cooking time should be a good challenge.
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That would depend on the business type. Can you clarify?
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Basically, the same forces as everywhere else.\nThe specificities in France, compared to US, are certainly:\n- The tax level- so you just have to have better results to be successful!\n- Same thing with your employees: it is difficult to fire them once contracted, so focus on productivity (as the whole French economy does: according to OECD, the country is more productive than the US).\n- The country is very centralised (Paris "being" more or less 20% of the country), so what most companies do is to develop first in Paris.\n- Depending on the specific sector your retail chain is, beware of the competitors: retail chains are very developed in France, with a lot of very effective chains (don't forget French retail companies are ranked #2, #7, etc. in the world, 8 of them in the top 100). Companies are big, effective, diversified, competitive and aggressive (don’t forget Carrefour invented the “hypermarket” in the 1960’s).\n- In supermarket area, retail is highly centralised with very powerful buyers and it is very difficult and expensive to enter the market. Wall Mart knows that, and hasn't entered it yet!\n- As part of the competition, except in the hard discount, services are high level, expect the clients to be very aware about that.\n- For a long time, a law didn't allow new supermarkets to be built, as France was world #1 in supermarket sq.meters per inhabitant- if you wish to build a supermarket, the local councils will watch very carefully the consequences on local retailers- and will have the power to say "no".\n- There are also many well established specialized retail chains, so analyze the competition!\n- Basically, I would say the market is locked unless you are very specialized or you put billions on the table and buy one of the big ones.
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A retail store is a business located in a commercial property.  If you want to lease a currently operating retail store, then search: business opportunities for lease: retail store.\n\nYou can search for "retail space for lease" rather than "retail store for lease".  If you want to lease a commercial building suitable for your store, you usually search commercial buildings by the square footage you need. Sometimes, these are listed as dollars per sqft ($12/sqft, or $5/sqft, for example).  You want property zoned for retail, and eliminate the buildings not suitable for retail (like office space, medical office space, etc.) \n\nYou want to be searching a commercial real estate database, not necessarily the multiple listing system used by area Realtors.  Most Realtors do not have much experience in commercial property, and most commercial properties available are not in the multiple listing system.\n\nIt is a good idea to go to a commercial real estate broker and hire them as your agent.  Most retail stores available for lease are not listed anywhere.  If they are vacant, there may only be a sign on the building, or out front in the parking lot.  If they are operating, they may not be advertised at all.  Even the employees working at the store may not be aware that the owner is willing to lease it.  Only an experienced commercial agent will be able to locate the property, and negotiate your lease.
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depends on what business ur opening
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almost any store,  drug stores, grocery stores, gas stations,