types of retailing

Types of Retailing

Aim: To find out what social and environmental impacts sites of consumption bring about.

Starter

Where would you and your family go to buy the following items?

(a) bread(b) shoes(c) a new PC or TV?

Give the name of the shop and its location (which town it's in).

Now compare your answers with the people sitting around you. What different locations and types of shops are mentioned?

CONVENIENCE STORESCONVENIENCE STORES

Local shops such as newsagents and small grocery stores.

They sell everyday items (called ‘low order goods).

Their customers are local people from the nearby streets.

CBD Comparison Store

They include book shops, shoe shops and chain stores like Woolworths.

Shops found in the C.B.D. ( Central Business District ) usually sell more expensive high-order goods.

Street Market

They sell vegetables and other goods (sometimes clothes) on some days of the week.

They are often targeted at up-market customers e.g. organic farmers’ markets.

Out-of-town Superstore

These are very large branches of a retail chain, usually found at the edge of a city in retail parks.

The largest stores are called hypermarkets.

Retail Park

Areas that have been set-aside at or near the edge of towns and cities where out-of-town stores can be grouped together.

Sometimes large structures like Bluewater are created, so many retailers can be housed together.

Metro Stores The latest trend in

retailing, these new scaled-down inner city supermarkets are often attached to petrol garages, making shopping easy for people at the same time as they re-fuel their cars.

They also provide services for people who live within walking distance of the garage

How have shopping locations changed over time?

Look through the information sheet and answer the questions on your mix and match sheet.

What year did Tesco Start? Where was the first store opened and when? What happened in 1974? When did sales reach £1 billion? When did Tesco enter it’s first foreign country? How many countries does Tesco operate in?

Ext: What has happened to Tesco over time? Why?

Why do you think shopping locations changed over time?

Follow the instructions on the sheet to create a map which shows how far all the items have travelled to their final destination.

Food Network for a store in London

Where do we go to buy our stuff? - Plenary

Leisure-time for many people involves spending money at shopping centres at the weekend. What leisure activities can you think of that do not require you to spend any money? Are there many?