I will be outlining how retail has changed and expanded in size and function areas since the post war. Then I will describe four retailers of there location, size, operations and ownership. My four retailers I have chosen are Tesco, Next, Carphone Warehou
Jamila Abdulhusein Unit41 Task1-P1 Task 1- P1- “Provide a definition of retail. Then research four different retailers and their characteristics” In this task I will be outlining how retail has changed and expanded in size and function areas since the post war. Then I will describe four retailers of there location, size, operations and ownership. My four retailers I have chosen are Tesco, Next, Carphone Warehouse and McDonalds. Retail is known to operate from an appropriate location, offering attractive products/services and making sure that there is enough stock for demands. Retailing has changed dramatically since the war by advancements in technology such as online shopping and the invention of self check outs in retail stores. These are quick and faster for customers. Instead of queuing up; or if the store is far they buy over the internet. But on the other hand, customers who don’t mind travelling far for the products and services as larger outlets have developed. Also new formats have appeared for convenience of the retailers such as the companies like McDonald and Subway who are franchises. Some retailers now provide whole ranges of goods which are available online or in the stores themselves. Also, after the war, international ownership and globalisation have became common place for businesses such as sole traders and partnerships businesses. Size, employees, number
of stores, square footage of outlets and turnoverLocation/type of outletsProduct/services(range on and offline)Tesco PLCTesco is a very large retail business. It has stores in 14 across Asia, Europe and North America. In the UK there are 2,482 stores and 287,669 employees, so in the UK there are over millions and millions of employers and stores.There are 5 types of format of Tesco. One of the formats is Tesco Extra which is the largest and mainly based out of town with 2 floors, a ground floor for food and 1st floor for clothing, electronic and entertainment. This format also has a ...
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of stores, square footage of outlets and turnoverLocation/type of outletsProduct/services(range on and offline)Tesco PLCTesco is a very large retail business. It has stores in 14 across Asia, Europe and North America. In the UK there are 2,482 stores and 287,669 employees, so in the UK there are over millions and millions of employers and stores.There are 5 types of format of Tesco. One of the formats is Tesco Extra which is the largest and mainly based out of town with 2 floors, a ground floor for food and 1st floor for clothing, electronic and entertainment. This format also has a café and is approximately 120,000 sq ft.Tesco Superstore is just a normal standard large supermarket. It stocks groceries and less of non-foods products.Tesco Metro is the size smaller to Tesco superstore.Tesco Express stores are like neighbourhood convenience shops, mainly stocking food and day-to-day essentials. Now these stores have assisted self service tills. Tesco Homeplus stores offer all of Tesco's ranges except food in warehouse style units in retail parks. Tesco turnover is more then £3.41 billion from the month February 2010.Tesco Metro is mainly based in city centres, the inner city and high streets of towns. It also has high street formats. They will have lots of car park space and is more for people who are car user, but people can go by foot or come by bus as they will have bus stop for customer to reach here. There will be located mainly on main roads.Tesco Express are stores that are located in busy city centres, small shopping areas in residential places, small town and in Esso petrol’s stations. But these are generally found in neighbourhood areas and are known as convenience stores. Nowadays these have expanded to city centre districts. These are not convenient places for car user so its people who can get there by foot.Tesco Homeplus is located in high streets and shopping centres.Tesco has a website where customer can buy products online. They also have many stores where customer can buy what they like. Other services they provide are car insurance and contract phones as well. The types of products they sell are foods, non-foods, electronic items, clothes, shoes and entertainment goods. Tesco have their own catalogue which sells furniture and electronic which can be purchased through the stores or over the internet.Next PLCNext Retail is a chain of more than 500 stores in the UK and Ireland. It also has Next Directory which is a home shopping catalogue and website with more than 2 million active customers and Next has gone international with more than 180 stores throughout continental Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the Middle East, India and Japan. They also have an international website serving the USA and over 30 other countries worldwide. The total number of employees working at next it 55,122. The Next in UK in the Arndale, Manchester is about 80,000 square feet. The Next turnover is £3.4 billionNext plc are located in many places. For example, in Leeds, the Next is located in the high street. But in a place like Manchester Arndale they are located in shopping centres and retail parks. Next plc’s head office is located in Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester in England.As most businesses have online websites so does Next plc. Customers can purchase online and also go to the stores itself. Next sells clothes, shoes and sport for men, women, girls and boys. As well as clothing they sell homeware, electrics, gift and flowers. Next have a directory which can be used to order online and customer can buy items from their stores.Carphone Warehouse PLCThe Carphone Warehouse Group has 2,453 stores across nine European countries of which 2,231 are owned and 222 are franchised. Their turnover was £1,385 million in 2009. The Carphone Warehouse has 20,000 employees. The larger stores have a floor space of up to 3,000 square feet, compared to the traditional format which has an average size of 500 to 600 square feet.Carphone Warehouse is mainly located in the centre of towns on high streets and sometime within other stores. A shopping malls format could be expanded on to making Carphone Warehouse. Within shopping malls there are numbers of retailers locate their so they can attract potential customers for food court, outlets, cash machines, baby changing and toilets. From the name of the business it is obvious that Carphone Warehouse sell phones, either pay as you go, or monthly contracts also sell accessories such as chargers, headphones, Bluetooth sets, phone covers and speakers. These goods can be bought online through the website through their local stores.McDonaldFranchiseMcDonald's is a global fast food service retailer with more than 32,000 local restaurants serving more than 60 million people in 117 countries everyday. About 75% of McDonald's restaurants are worldwide and owned/operated by local men and women. In McDonald’s the restaurant staff total 44,000, restaurant managers 3,000, office staff 500 and franchisees staff is 25,000. Most McDonalds have a seating area and some have floors upstairs. McDonald has a huge amount of turnover of £11 billion pounds. A minimum square feet of McDonalds is 35,000.Some countries have McDonalds with drive thru which is mainly based in high-density city neighbourhoods where customer can easily access as it is nearer to city centre and also located mostly in lower income areas. Some are located within shopping mall and retail parks as they have their own space of their own restaurants. McDonalds don’t have facilities for customers to buy online. They have to go to their local outlets and purchase what they want. McDonalds serve the world some of its favourite food and drink such as soft drinks, milkshakes, French Fries, wedges, onion rings, nuggets, salads, wraps and burgers (Big Mac, Quarter Pounder. McChicken Sandwich and Egg McMuffin. They also sell desserts such as apple pies, sundaes and McFlurry ice creams.