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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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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At Carrefour, his challenges include a store format known as the hypermarket--sprawling warehouses that sell everything from baguettes to bicycles--that has lost market share as consumers move online.
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First Known Use of hypermarket
1970
HYPERMARKET Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of hypermarket for English Language Learners
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: a very large supermarket
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