期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
电子版ISSN：2393-3127
出版年度：2020
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：99-103
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Since the end of the Second World War, retail has undergone a profound and long-term transformation all over the world. The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a structural shift from small and independent single-establishment retailers towards big discount chains operating larger that distribute a multitude of goods to multiple markets. Foreign retailer investments around the world have intensified since the end of the last century as the large international retailers transformed themselves into global business organizations. The paper aims to present and analyze the evolution of global retailing in recent years. In order to achieve the objectives of the paper the authors used a quantitative research method. The results demonstrated that the world’s largest retailers by their retail revenues are from North America and Europe, with a clear majority of the American corporations. Wal-Mart has been by far the largest global retailer in the period 2016-2019.
