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What Is the World’s Largest Retail Store?
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 4: Store Location Planning
Tagged global, largest, store, trends
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How McDonald’s Came Back Bigger Than Ever
As Keith O’Brien writes about McDonald’s in the New York Times: “The company’s bottom-line success in recent years has been unmatched by its traditional burger-chain competitors. Wendy’s and Burger King have been losing market share, while McDonald’s has been growing, according to an analysis by Technomic Inc., a Chicago-based food-service research and consulting firm. Technomic estimates that McDonald’s owns nearly 17 percent of the limited-service restaurant industry in the United States. That’s not only the largest share, according to the analysis, but also nearly as much as the next four restaurants in that category combined — Subway, Starbucks, Burger King and Wendy’s.”
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Photo by Stephen Lewis for the New York Times
Digital Tools Key for Grocery Shopping, Online and Off
Online food shopping has not lived up to many predictions. However, the Internet has a growing role to play. As reported by eMarketer: “‘What is changing—and rapidly—is how likely grocery shoppers are to use a variety of digital tools to research and plan purchases, whether or not those purchases ultimately are made online,’ said Krista Garcia, eMarketer analyst . ‘These tools are affecting how brick-and-mortar retailers sell groceries, and how supermarkets and customers interact.’”
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