Types of retail stores with pictures

3. FOOD
ORIENTED

4. CONVENIENCE STORE
Typical well-located, food oriented
retailer
Carries a moderate number of items
Provides impersonal nature of
supermarkets

5. COMBINATION STORES
Unites supermarket and general
merchandise in one facility
Customers like non-stop shopping
and will travel to get there
Many general merchandise items
have better margins than food items

6. BOX STORES
Limited line store
Food based discounter
Focuses on a small selection
of items
Moderates hours of
operation
Few service, limited number
of manufacturer brands

7. WARE-HOUSE STORE
Offering a moderate number of
food items
Concentrates on special purchases
of popular brands, uses of cut-case
displays
Offer little service, post prices on
shelves and locates in secondary
sites

8. GENERAL
MERCHANDISE

9. SPECIALITY STORES
Concentrates on selling one
goods or service line
Carries narrow but deep
adornment in the chosen category
Maintain better selection and
sales expertise than competitors

10. TRADITIONAL DEPARTMENT
STORE
Large retail unit with an extensive assortment
of goods and services
Separate department for buying, promotion,
customer service and control
It has the most selection of any general
merchandise
Sell a wide range of products- apparel,
furniture, appliances, and home furnishings
Some selected items- paint, hardware,
toiletries, cosmetics, photo equipment, jewelry,
toys and sports goods

11. VARIETY STORE
Handles an assortment of
inexpensive and popularly priced
goods, and services- apparels,
accessories, costume jewelry,
candy, toys,
There are open displays and few
sales people
Do not carry full product line
Do not deliver products

12. OFF – PRICE CHAIN
Features brand-names apparel and
accessories, footwear lines, fabrics,
cosmetics house wares etc
It frequently has community
dressing room centralized checkout
centers, no gift wrapping, and extra
charges for alterations
The chains buy merchandise
opportunistically as special deals occur

13. FACTORY OUTLETS
Manufacturer owned store
Selling closeouts, discount
merchandise, irregulars, cancelled
orders, and sometimes in-season
first quality merchandise