<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Grocery discount stores have long dominated developments in the German food retail sector, and they continue to grow. This paper discusses the reasons for this long-term success based on internal decision-making parameters such as price, adjustment of product range, choice of location, and size of new stores. The result is significant customer acceptance, but also adverse developments viewed critically in various governance constellations. The paper is based on expert interviews and a comprehensive collection of data on grocery discount stores and supermarkets in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein</p></abstract>

Grocery discount stores have long dominated developments in the German food retail sector, and they continue to grow. This paper discusses the reasons for this long-term success based on internal decision-making parameters such as price, adjustment of product range, choice of location, and size of new stores. The result is significant customer acceptance, but also adverse developments viewed critically in various governance constellations. The paper is based on expert interviews and a comprehensive collection of data on grocery discount stores and supermarkets in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein

German Grocery Discounters: Dynamics and Regional Impact. the Case of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Grocery discount stores have long dominated developments in the German food retail sector, and they continue to grow. This paper discusses the reasons for this...

German Grocery Discounters: Dynamics and Regional Impact. the Case of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 17 - 26

Received: Jun 09, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0046

Keywords
retailing, German grocery discounters, cluster development, regional planning, governance

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

German Grocery Discounters: Dynamics and Regional Impact. the Case of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 17 - 26

Received: Jun 09, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0046

Keywordsretailing, German grocery discounters, cluster development, regional planning, governance

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
retailing, German grocery discounters, cluster development, regional planning, governance