FRANCE: THE SUPERMARKET OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
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Christophe Chain, the director of International Panel, imagines the supermarket of the future to a 'server centre,' that is a client service sales point, a development which will be possible thanks to computer progress. In the supermarket of the future, the client will be the heart of the business as much as the employee. Both clients and employees must be increasingly involved in the good functioning of the supermarket. The Irish retail chain SuperQuin could be a good example of what would be the supermarket of the future. Customers who hold a loyalty card (80% of the retail chain's customers) are also quality controllers. The retail chain offers cardholders points every time it shows something wrong. Half of the premiums paid to store managers depend on their capacity to gain the loyalty of their best customers.
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 1999
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Le Serpent vert d mocratise le concept bio
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Serpent Vert is the first supermarket in Strasbourg which carries exclusively organic products in its 600 square metres of sales space. It sells 7,500 products, 85% of which are food products, and the rest consists of cosmetic products, textiles, toilet preparations, and stationery. Its shelves, arranged in islands make it possible to shop by circling around the store. There are traditional cheese and butchers departments which meet organic requirements and their are impulse purchase departments for people who are not acquainted with organic products. The average customer's market basket comes to FFr 250. It expects to make a 1998 turnover of FFr 14mn, of which half is in chilled products. Two thirds of its customers are not fans of organic products.
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Is the first supermarket in Strasbourg, France, which exclusively carries organic prods in its 600 square metres of sales space
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 1998
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FRANCE: COOP ALSACE'S TURNOVER AND PROJECTS
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Coop Alsace, or the Union des Cooperateurs d'Alsace (UCA) posted a turnover of FFr 3.7bn in 1998, up 12.72% from 1997. This gives UCA a 15% market share in Alsace. UCA's success is due to its alliance with Opera, Cora and Casino's joint purchasing group, to its competence in building assortments, to prices, and the friendliness found in its stores. Coop Alsace intends to favour the development of big Maxi-Coop supermarkets in the 1999-2000 period. It plans to open two new stores in the second half of 1999, a store with 1,700 square metres of sales space at Soultz-sous-Forets, and another with 1,500 square metres of sales space at Roeschwoog. The group also plans to open a store under the Point Coop chain.
Publication Name: Points de Vente
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0150-1844
Year: 1999
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