Cigarette retailers are divided into several types of business.

Cigarette retailer business is divided into:

(1) grocery store to sell cigarettes, alcohol, beverages, snack foods and daily groceries, independent, traditional retail business without a clear brand image. Its basic features are:

①Mostly located in various residential areas or traditional commercial areas and rural areas.

② business area is generally less than 100 square meters.

③Take the counter sales and self-selection (open) sales combination.

④Service time is generally more than 12 hours.

⑤ Generally, there is no management information system or the primary information management system is available.

(2) Convenience store is a retail format that mainly sells small-volume emergency foodstuffs and daily-use small general merchandise with the main purpose of meeting customers' convenience needs. Its basic features are:

①Mostly located in the central business district, residential areas, traffic routes and stations, hospitals and other public **** activities near the area.

② business area is generally about 100 square meters.

3 to take the self-selected sales, settlement at the cash register unified.

④The service time is more than 16 hours.

⑤ Higher degree of management informationization, single-unit or chain operation.

(3) Supermarkets are retail businesses that meet the needs of consumers for one-time purchase of popular products by opening shelves for self-selection and payment by consumers at the exit. Its basic features are:

①More in the city, district (county) commercial centers, residential areas, major traffic routes, suburban areas near the combination.

② business area is generally between 200-6000 square meters, large supermarkets are generally more than 6000 square meters.

3 to take the self-selected sales mode (tobacco products to take the counter sales mode).

④The entrance and exit are separated, and the settlement is unified at the cashier.

⑤ The service time is not less than 12 hours.

⑥ Higher degree of management informationization; adopting single unit or chain operation mode.

(4) shopping mall in a building, the operation of a number of categories of goods; the implementation of unified management, regional sales; to meet the needs of customers for fashion, medium and high-end goods to diversify the choice of retail business. Its basic characteristics are:

①Mostly for the city, district (county) commercial centers, the history of the formation of the commercial agglomeration.

② business area of at least 2,000 square meters, mostly between 6,000 and 20,000 square meters.

③Take the counter sales and self-selection (open shelf) sales combined.

④Service time is usually more than 12 hours.

⑤ Higher degree of management informationization.

(5) Tobacco and Alcohol Stores are retail businesses that mainly sell tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. Its basic characteristics are:

①Mostly located in the city, district (county) commercial centers, residential areas or department stores, shopping centers.

② Most of the 200 square meters or less.

③Take the combination of counter sales and self-selection (open shelf) sales.

④Service time is usually more than 12 hours.

5) The degree of management informationization varies, adopting single-unit or chain operation.

(6) Entertainment service category is an industry that provides catering, lodging, leisure, entertainment and other service venues. Its basic features are:

①Mostly located in the city, district (county) business district and suburban areas.

② business area varies.

3 to the Department of goods, bar sales-oriented, can also be called to buy.

④Service time is usually in the afternoon and night.

⑤ Higher degree of management informationization.

(7) other types of other forms of retail merchandise or services mainly dealing with various types of non-tobacco products, and can not be categorized into the above six types of other retail formats. Its basic characteristics are:

① Retail specialty stores that mainly deal with traditional foodstuffs, such as local (water) specialties, fruits, dry goods stores and so on.

② other retail specialty stores, in addition to tobacco, alcohol, food, retailing a certain type of other commodities specialty stores, such as stationery, books and newspapers, farm implements and so on.

③ other small service industries, and difficult to classify as entertainment services, such as car repair shops, barber stores, etc..

④ licensed internal supply, not open for business, such as the government, troops, prisons internal supply.