Classification of cigarette retailers in first-tier cities

Differentiation of formats (standard for identifying formats of cigarette retailers)

(1) grocery store. Mainly selling cigarettes, alcohol, beverages, snacks and daily groceries, it is an independent traditional retail format with no obvious brand image. Its basic characteristics are as follows: ① It is located in various residential areas or traditional commercial areas and rural areas; ② The business area is generally within 100 square meter; (3) Take the way of combining counter sales with optional (open-shelf) sales; (4) The service time is generally more than 12 hour; ⑤ There is generally no management information system or primary information management system. (2) convenience stores. A retail format based on open-shelf self-selection, selling small-capacity emergency food and daily groceries. , and to meet the convenience needs of customers as the main purpose. Its basic characteristics are as follows: ① It is mostly located near commercial centers, residential areas, traffic arteries and public activity areas such as stations and hospitals; ② The business area is generally around 100 square meter; (3) The settlement is made in the cashier's office by means of optional sales; ④ The service time is longer than 16 hours; ⑤ The management is highly informatized and adopts single or chain operation mode. (3) supermarkets. A retail format that meets the needs of consumers to buy completely popular products at one time in the form of open-shelf self-selection and consumer export payment. Its basic characteristics are as follows: ① It is mostly located near commercial centers, residential areas, traffic arteries and urban-rural junctions in cities and counties; The business area is generally between 200-6000 square meters, and the large-scale comprehensive supermarket is generally above 6000 square meters; (3) adopt the mode of optional sales (over-the-counter sales of tobacco products); 1 ④ entrances and exits are set separately, and unified settlement is made at the cashier; ⑤ The service time shall not be less than 12 hour; ⑥ High degree of information management; Take a single or chain operation mode. (4) shopping malls. In a building, dealing in a variety of large categories of goods; Implement unified management and regional sales; A retail format that meets customers' demand for diversified choices of fashionable, medium and high-end goods. Its basic characteristics are as follows: ① Most of them are city, district (county) commercial centers and historical commercial gathering places; The business area is at least 2000 square meters, mostly between 6000 and 20000 square meters; (3) Take the way of combining counter sales with optional (open-shelf) sales; (4) the use time is generally more than 12 hours; ⑤ The degree of management informatization is high. For example, Wangfujing Department Store. (5) tobacco and liquor stores. A retail form that mainly sells tobacco products and alcoholic commodities. Its basic characteristics are:

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