Scale economies of department stores in the People's Republic of China

This paper statistically tested three hypotheses about relationships between the size and efficiency of department stores in the People's Republic of China. The results show that the enlargement of the size of stores in China had a positive impact on the efficiency of large and medium-sized dep...

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Published in:The International review of retail, distribution and consumer research distribution and consumer research, 2002-01, Vol.12 (1), p.3-12
Main Authors: Zhuang, Guijun, Zhou, Nan, Herndon, Neil C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Consumerism
Department Store
Economics
Economies Of Scale
Efficiency
People'S Republic Of China
Retail trade
Retailing
Shopping
Sociology
Stores
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Summary:This paper statistically tested three hypotheses about relationships between the size and efficiency of department stores in the People's Republic of China. The results show that the enlargement of the size of stores in China had a positive impact on the efficiency of large and medium-sized department stores, and that these department stores derived their economies of scale from cost savings rather than from an increase of the average transaction size.
ISSN:0959-3969
1466-4402
DOI:10.1080/09593960110073313