Supermarket generally refers to a store where goods are publicly displayed, customers choose their own goods, queue up for cashier settlement, and mainly engage in fresh food, fruits and daily necessities. Self-help shopping, unified cashier settlement retail enterprises. In China, supermarkets were introduced by 1978, then called supermarkets.
Supermarkets generally distribute food and daily necessities, with the following main features: ① small profits but quick turnover, and basically no salespersons 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.
June 5438+February 3, 20201day In order to thoroughly implement the requirements of the joint prevention and control mechanism in the State Council, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the Technical Guide for the Prevention and Control of Epidemic Situation in Shopping Mall and Supermarket.
There are two theories about the birth of the first supermarket in the world.
On September 9, 2006, the first self-service store, Piggy Twist, opened in Memphis, Tennessee. Its operator, Clarence Saunders, applied for a patent in 19 17 for this retail business model in which consumers choose the goods on the shelves themselves and finally settle accounts. This is the prototype of the supermarket.
Supermarkets quickly swept the world. In order to make their products more attractive in supermarkets, the advertising and commodity packaging industries also developed accordingly.
2. It was first produced in new york, USA in 1930. 1In August, 930, American MichaelCullen opened the first joint store-Golden Cullen in new york, USA. 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.