Definition of hypermarket
: a very large store that carries products found in a supermarket as well as merchandise commonly found in department stores
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But large billboards advertised Western-style hypermarkets, Moscow’s boulevards choked with BMWs, Bentleys, and Rolls-Royces, and Lenin’s mausoleum shared the Red Square with the likes of Gucci and Dior.
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In December Tencent responded with a stake in Yonghui Superstores, China’s second-largest, and is considering another in the Chinese operations of Carrefour, a French hypermarket.
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The Tesco trial – the first of its kind by a major hypermarket in Malaysia – limits the bag discounts to two per transaction.
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The country’s fourth-biggest hypermarket operator by market share already has a tech-industry investor in e-commerce player JD.com Inc., according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
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The tycoon has been on an acquisition spree in recent years, buying stakes in companies from hypermarkets to milk producers.
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The conglomerates had to suspend operations in most of its 99 hypermarkets in China for alleged violations of fire-safety rules, and halted a 3 trillion won ($2.6 billion) theme-park project in northeastern China.
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Carrefour shares are trading about 70 percent below their 1999 peak as rapid growth in Brazil and the roll-out of smaller city shops have failed to compensate for investor concern over the French hypermarkets.
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A large hypermarket chain in China, for instance, was recently approached by Alibaba about a data-sharing scheme.
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First Known Use of hypermarket
1970
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