Incorporating the Impacts of Supermarket Characteristics in the Measurement of Retail Efficiency
Dany Vyt
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Dany Vyt
Abstract
The measurement of retail efficiency is of significant concern today mainly for supermarkets. This paper provides definition and conceptual framework to this problem in a way that integrates store characteristics and local factors. It gives some information on the set of unpriced distribution services that supermarkets provide to consumers and on the impact on the purchase activities. An application is implemented on a sample of French supermarkets retail at the product level.
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The measurement of retail efficiency is of significant concern today mainly for supermarkets. This paper provides definition and conceptual framework to this problem in a way that integrates store characteristics and local factors. It gives some information on the set of unpriced distribution services that supermarkets provide to consumers and on the impact on the purchase activities. An application is implemented on a sample of French supermarkets retail at the product level.
Key concepts: Sample (material), Business, Product (mathematics), Distribution (mathematics), Set (abstract data type), Marketing, Retail trade, Industrial organization