hypermarket
noun
hy·per·mar·ket
ˈhī-pər-ˌmär-kət 
: a very large store that carries products found in a supermarket as well as merchandise commonly found in department stores
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Across the pond, the Mondragon worker cooperative complex in Spain operates over 2000 stores, including hypermarkets, grocery stores, gas stations, and even perfume stores.
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Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Last July, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission approved its NT$11.5 billion ($377 million) purchase of a 96% stake in hypermarket chain RT-Mart’s Taiwan business from French multinational retail group Auchan and Taiwanese conglomerate Ruentex Group.
—Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Apart from Thai Beverage, Charoen is also the controlling shareholder of Singapore’s Frasers Property, Thai hypermarket chain Big C Supercenter and hotel operator Asset World.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 5 May 2022
According to several Romanian news outlets, the fence in the photo separated sections of essential and nonessential goods at a Kaufland hypermarket.
—Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
The purchase of Lotus last year marked the return of the grocery and hypermarket chain to CP Group, which originally established Lotus as Lotus Supercenter in 1994.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
CP Group will gain control of a network of about 2,000 hypermarket and grocery stores across Thailand.
—Prim Chuwiruch, Bloomberg.com, 6 Nov. 2020
The Jewish owner of a large Argentine hypermarket chain has started selling kosher meat for far less than competitors, claiming that the country’s kosher supervision industry has artificially driven up costs for consumers.
—sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2020
Saudi Arabia’s $360 billion sovereign wealth fund is exploring a potential investment in LuLu Group International, which runs one of the Middle East’s largest hypermarket chains, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—Archana Narayanan, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Last July, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission approved its NT$11.5 billion ($377 million) purchase of a 96% stake in hypermarket chain RT-Mart’s Taiwan business from French multinational retail group Auchan and Taiwanese conglomerate Ruentex Group.
—Jane Ho, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Apart from Thai Beverage, Charoen is also the controlling shareholder of Singapore’s Frasers Property, Thai hypermarket chain Big C Supercenter and hotel operator Asset World.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 5 May 2022
According to several Romanian news outlets, the fence in the photo separated sections of essential and nonessential goods at a Kaufland hypermarket.
—Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
The purchase of Lotus last year marked the return of the grocery and hypermarket chain to CP Group, which originally established Lotus as Lotus Supercenter in 1994.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
CP Group will gain control of a network of about 2,000 hypermarket and grocery stores across Thailand.
—Prim Chuwiruch, Bloomberg.com, 6 Nov. 2020
The Jewish owner of a large Argentine hypermarket chain has started selling kosher meat for far less than competitors, claiming that the country’s kosher supervision industry has artificially driven up costs for consumers.
—sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2020
Saudi Arabia’s $360 billion sovereign wealth fund is exploring a potential investment in LuLu Group International, which runs one of the Middle East’s largest hypermarket chains, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—Archana Narayanan, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
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“Hypermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermarket. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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