Competition among Russian Grocery Stores: Database on St. Petersburg, 2017–2021

Dmitrii Tereshchenko

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: The Russian grocery retail industry has developed dynamically over the past two decades. The accompanying changes in competition and consumer behaviour make it an interesting subject for analysis, but full-fledged empirical studies in this area have not yet been conducted. This is largely due to the difficulty of accessing data on retail, which are often subject to commercial secrecy. However, in recent years the situation has changed and some data have become available to researchers. In this paper, we describe the data we obtained for the study of the grocery retailing industry in St. Petersburg. Particularly, we describe three blocks of data, including (i) store location data, (ii) socioeconomic characteristics of local markets, and (iii) sales data. For each data block, we outline the stages of data collection and processing, and provide basic descriptive statistics and graphs. In addition, we discuss the potential uses of the collected data in further research.

Keywords: retail industries; grocery sector; market studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L0 L81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2022
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Published in WP BRP Series: Economics / EC, November 2022, pages 1-44

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