The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study

In the past decades, the expansion policy of hard discounters is receiving increasing scientific attention. One of the main reasons of their success is location choices, which needs geographical thinking and knowledge of socio-economic environment. Although it has key importance to gain high purchas...

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Main Authors: Sikos Tamás T., Kovács Csaba József
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Language:English
Published: University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management 2022-01-01
Series:Geographica Pannonica
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2022/0354-87242204373S.pdf
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description In the past decades, the expansion policy of hard discounters is receiving increasing scientific attention. One of the main reasons of their success is location choices, which needs geographical thinking and knowledge of socio-economic environment. Although it has key importance to gain high purchase power territories in this competition, each company have to implement their own geo-strategy. While discount stores are operating in the town, national franchise small stores have an extensive network in the rural area. This paper is a case study which deals with competition of hard discounters and Coop in Northern Hungary.
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spelling doaj.art-2cf67a4ba991409b8bb9d630c61539df2023-01-31T08:07:40ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel ManagementGeographica Pannonica0354-87241820-71382022-01-0126437338410.5937/gp26-396420354-87242204373SThe competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case studySikos Tamás T.0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-5084Kovács Csaba József1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-5835University of Miskolc, Faculty of Economics, Miskolc, HungaryInstitute of Agricultural Economics, Food Chain Research Department, Budapest, HungaryIn the past decades, the expansion policy of hard discounters is receiving increasing scientific attention. One of the main reasons of their success is location choices, which needs geographical thinking and knowledge of socio-economic environment. Although it has key importance to gain high purchase power territories in this competition, each company have to implement their own geo-strategy. While discount stores are operating in the town, national franchise small stores have an extensive network in the rural area. This paper is a case study which deals with competition of hard discounters and Coop in Northern Hungary.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2022/0354-87242204373S.pdfdiscount chainsretailaldilidlsmall storecoopterritorial competition
spellingShingle Sikos Tamás T.
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The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
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title The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
title_full The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
title_fullStr The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
title_full_unstemmed The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
title_short The competition between discount stores and Coop in Northern Hungary: A case study
title_sort competition between discount stores and coop in northern hungary a case study
topic discount chains
retail
aldi
lidl
small store
coop
territorial competition
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2022/0354-87242204373S.pdf
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