The expansion of regional supermarket chains: Changing models of retailing and the implications for local supplier capabilities in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Reena Das Nair and Shingie Chisoro-Dube

No wp-2015-114, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Over the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets. Several factors have been attributed to this growth, including increasing urbanization, increased per capita income, the rise of the middle class, economies of scale and scope, and transport economies.

Keywords: Regional economics; Strategic planning; Supply and demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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