Exam 12: International Retailing

This type of retailing is popular in the United States and Canada, but not in the rest of the world.

Factory outlet stores are examples of general discount retailers.

Sam's Club's most important operations are in Germany.

____________________ retailers sell overruns, irregular products, as well as products from previous seasons.

Hypermarkets combine supermarket and specialty store principles.

Describe some of the legislation and regulations affecting international retailers.

Hypermarkets use which of the following retailing principles?

_________________________ stores sell high volumes of merchandise, offer limited service, and charge lower prices.

____________________ stores offer a broad variety of goods and deep assortments.

The all-purpose category is dominated by stores such as Wal-Mart and K-Mart in the U.S. Internationally, this retailer category tends to draw a substantial portion of profits from its ____________________ section.

The shockwaves sent by Wal-Mart's extensive presence in Europe have led to substantial competitive and ____________________ activity in the hypermarket category.

Category specialists are large department stores that carry a narrow variety of merchandise and a deep assortment.

In countries where there may be shortages of certain products, salespeople are bribed with money and other goods such as coffee, cigarettes, and perfume.

Why do French companies rarely offer an extra product for free as a promotion?

_________________________ are large specialty stores that carry a narrow variety of merchandise and a deep assortment.

Why are bugs on fruit important to consumers in the Philippines?

Which company is not an example of a network marketing firm that has gone international?

____ sell brand name and designer merchandise below regular retail.

Which country dominates in terms of the retail sales market share?

In some countries, salespeople keep the change and sell only those products that are priced under an even amount so that they can claim they do not have the change if a customer dares challenge them.